Though I would be sure to carry a fair amount of liability renters insurance to cover most of potential negative situations that could hurt my personal finances. 

2- Does this situation qualify for a 1031 exchange ?

I’ve also had a few situations where I pull the record, call the petitioner, and they tell me that the property is already under contract.

Also have a similar situation over here, let's collaborate

for this situation you should get full market for your lot and 20 to 40% of the profit on top  or sell your lot for 100 to 200k more than your asking..

Furthermore the dog will never be outside the home in a situation where it is unsecured or unsupervised.I can't think of anything else. 

Ideally, I want to keep the home, I'm open to ideas on how to save or sell the home - please be nice as this is not an ideal situation so I'm looking for a way forward, I know I screwed up, I'm looking for some help

Appraently they are considered low risk for lenders and I would think in my situation they would feel pretty darn comfortable that I'm going to be a good gamble.

        We figured out what the problem was, at least with my situation.

We are actually in similar situations.