I'm trying to stay on the west side of the river.

I am currently trying to break my analysis paralysis. 

I'm trying to figure out who or where we can send messaging to.

Come on Collin, your Gatlinburg brotha, at least try to make this hard on me. 

(You’ll pay higher interest because it’s a rental property, and, if you try to do it in a corporation/LLC you’ll pay an even higher interest rate.)

Their attorney was already preparing to file a lawsuit, meaning any purchase of this loan would immediately become a legal battle.To make matters worse, the seller was trying to structure the contract with no reps and certs, which meant if we had proceeded, we would have taken on the full risk with no recourse.

You are treated as a "student" trying to gain "admission" to their program. 

Another thing that can help would be to try and locate your new investment property even before your sale happens. 

Obviously, if I'm trying to comp a property and Propstream gives me stuff with sold prices and ARV's from 10 years ago, that doesn't give good comps.

Trying to learn remotely is a recipe for disaster.