The process is specific to the municipality you are in, from what I have read Seattle is not landlord friendly so if it were me I would hire an attorney who was experienced in the process.In Virginia the process is simple enough to do it yourself - and I have a few times.

Louisville has many 10s, 9s, and 8s.The entire state has very low crime.Here are resources that'll help too: usa.com, usa.com/rank/, city-data.com, https://www.zillow.com/research/data/You can also go on to zillow and check under the for rent section and check individual properties for how long they have been on the zillow market.From scrubbing the internet for all this data to find vacancy rates, I'd have to say Louisville has low a vacancy rate, which is good, yet how much so depends on the specific neighborhood.

Happy to answer any specific questions that you may have.

It specifically says that they (the seller) will pay all of the costs of the 1031. 

What specific date did the tenant move out and when was the MoveOut done by the PMC?

Just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience or if this is something specific to this insurance company. 

What advice would you give to someone just starting out, specifically within Maricopa County?

Either way, the answer is that it is only beneficial under very specific circumstances. 

I had my eye on this specific neighborhood for about 6 months before I found this property.

I attempted to update my original post with more specifics, but the updates never showed up, so I created a new post here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/1167489-seek...Thanks,Sean