Check with a tax professional, but if you have lived in the home for 2 of the previous 5 years, you may not owe any capital gains tax, and so a 1031 is irrelevant.If you didn't you may want to wait.If you do go ahead, read about 'mortgage boot'.

These tenants were properly screened, passed background, credit checks, employment, etc.

Upstate CREIA (check our website) has over 600 members here in Greenville and as far away as California.

This is definitely something to speak to your accountant about 

I prefer they mail a check and they do 90% of the time but if they really push the issue I use the previously mentioned methods. 

It is a specialized accounting software specifically for short term rental hosts.

Take into account: bedroom and bathroom counts, square footage of the unit, whether parking is included, whether laundry in in-unit or not or nonexistent, central air vs. window units vs. nothing, and the general condition and age of the interior.Good luck!

When you account for the FRBO's and companies such as mine that do not use MLS for listings, then there are a lot more rentals on the market.

After you pay out a few of those checks you will have a group of people looking for houses for you that you only have to pay when they are successful.

The key is to make sure there is enough cash flow in the portfolio and enough reserves in the account for capital expenditures.I believe house hacking a primary residence is the best way to generate wealth.