Did the math and it comes out to a monthly payment of 1,963. 

Most realtors sell homes, you'll want an Investor Friendly Realtor - someone that owns investment properties, is familiar with REI Math and is willing to make MANY offers. 

I'm meeting with a lender today to go over options to see if the math works.  

Perhaps I did the math wrong though, or we're just doing it differently.

Its not a secondary market like Houston or KC or Indy but a tertiary market.

. - it could help secondary and tertiary real estate markets grow fasterEconomic Forecast: In general, I expect to see much higher short-term growth: higher stimulus package, lesser trade wars, focus on small business.

Short-short version, do the math, 1031's while not being a "right" are SMART and GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY.

I'm struggling to figure out the math (not my best subject in school) and what to do to spruce it up enough, without doing too much, to take that equity and roll it over. 

I would do the math to figure out if losing 4-6 weeks of rent is more or less than 12 months of a 5% increase in rents. 

I basically do excel spreadsheets and math for fun for all of my hobbies, so if someone needs a numbers person I can potentially fill that gap.