Need advice. Bad Experience with Home Rental, wondering if commerical would be better
So we have a single family rental home.  It's far away, wasn't monitored closely, and the renters ruined it.  It's been a passion dealing with it.

Thinking of doing a 1031 into something closer.  Was thinking maybe commercial would lead to better tenants and be a better investment?
 * Could put 20% down and get a huge loan (as in barely affordable without a tenant. 
 * OR could try to find something smaller in Single Family home range with less debt.

Only other option is to sell and take the big tax hit.  I'd like to continue to be invested in real estate but hate the headache.
[{"id": "fia9jbx", "text": "Let\u2019s just get one thing straight, all real estate has its headaches and pit falls.", "replies": [{"id": "fiaarsy", "text": "Amen to that freewaytrees.  What continually pushed me into commercial real estate versus apartments is I am sick of apartment turn overs.  Every GD year turning those kills me.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fib7x5d", "text": "Ok.  Good point.  Really makes think maybe to just take the tax hit and put the money into stocks, ETFs, bonds etc instead.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fiaf26s", "text": "You\u2019re not gonna be able to only put 20% down on commercial real estate. Banks just won\u2019t do it and you\u2019ll be over-leveraged. You\u2019re entering a new form of borrowing and if you don\u2019t know if you even qualify for a commercial loan, you should speak to a bank first.", "replies": [{"id": "fial8ib", "text": "Yes. Residential represents less risk because the market is far more liquid. They can just sell it to a person who will live in it so 20% is plenty of equity. Commercial investments acts more like a financial instrument and is lent on as such. The lender will have a maximum LTV and a minimum DSCR. They'll run both and loan the least of the two. Depending on the property it'll be anywhere from 25-35% typically. They'll underwrite a vacancy factor. There are far more moving parts than a single family home.", "replies": [{"id": "fib7raa", "text": "Thank you for all the details.  Definitely seems more complicated, will talk to the bank.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fib7l3f", "text": "I see.  Ok, good advice.  Thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "fibbexj", "text": "Some banks will agree to 20% down still I did it in July 2019, but yes it is rare.  They will all do it for 25% down if property is stabilized.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fiansp9", "text": "Smaller close by 1031 into Residential. Commercial really depends on the stability of the tenant &amp; location.  Vacancies periods can be really long and drain you in the wrong situation.", "replies": [{"id": "fib9hov", "text": "Hmm, yea.  As much as I'd like to think commercial would be better or easier, you're probably right.  Would probably need a much bigger budget to weather the vacancies too.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]