Talk with your tax person or a 1031 Intermediary.  1031 must be land to land. 

But there’s an Encumbrances that was posted by TD Bank, by my research was either personal loan or business loan default.

I am located in Jax Florida and use my realtor license for personal deals and occasionally help others. 

Another issue is these homes have standard 15-30 year loans in my personal name ..... so that is another issue ! 

But it comes down to if you want to personally get down and dirty to learn the work or if you want to delegate to a third party. 

This encompasses eleven authorized activities within the real estate sector, including development, construction, leasing, and brokerage.750 Hours Test: In addition to meeting the 50% test, individuals seeking Real Estate Professional Status (REPS) must surpass 750 personal service hours materially engaged in one of the specified real property trades or businesses.Understanding Material Participation:Material Participation: Only hours deemed material to the operation of a real estate business are counted towards qualification.

For consumer debt I agree.

Personally, if you have to wait 3 months anyways, it seems like a good idea to take on a project that takes 3 months to maximize returns.

The second branch of the site will be a platform to create a personal web page that will hold all of the agent's social media link (kind of like linktree).

House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.