So you decide - - Make a list of your needs and wants- Are you the do it myself,  you do it for me or hold my hand through the process kind of person- What is your budget for the software and training.

Use a title company.And get trained by @Josh Caldwell in Pitt. 

You are living on site and only have 3 other tenants. 

just wondering if im on the right path. i have no formal real estate training.. im just learning on the fly. i do have a BA in communications and can sell ice cubes to an Eskimo... ;)

After that, the profit is split three ways, the CPA-type of the deal, the onsite guy and myself.

The 1031 portion of your strategy is certainly important but don't let it drive the train or muddy the waters ( sorry, I had to mix the metaphors :)  The 1031 is about tax saving which is a different animal from what you're really asking. 

We have 1000 lbs of salt on site and my dad has a skid loader but would love to be more hands off this winter and pay someone to plow the drive and parking lot.One bid we got was Really high in my opinion, would love another quote.TIA!

I will began my online RE training in Jan.

However, my colleague Tina Sandoval and I attended a TN Real Estate Commission training class a couple of months ago and TREC said that they were going to start recommending that all companies that own real estate and manage their own properties register as a real estate company (implying that the employees of the company who do activities that typically require a license should obtain a license).  

I am also very interested in Duplexs and triplex's and being an onsite landlord.