Property taxes and insurance can vary wildly depending on the location in SC - there really isn't a rule of thumb or generic figure that can be used. 

You are smart to pump the brakes on scaling, but keep at the learning aspect as you guys figure out what the next step is.

Also, this is why you pay for a good real estate and business focused account.... so you don't have to try to figure out something that is not your expertise or specialty. 

I would make the check out to both of them and let them figure it out as I assume the lease agreement did not have who was responsible by percentage.

You will likely need access to six-figure cash or loan to execute your plan before your long-term financing.Can you piggy back on the seller's bigger project?

We also tried out REI Blackbook but not did not like it because was pretty clunky and hard to figure out.Now, being that we are not real estate specific, we have a general contracting business in Chicago; we have a pretty robust system built out in HubSpot, which we LOVE and definitely allows room for more growth!

But its a good exercise to go through this and try to figure out how it would be more cost effective for first time home buyers.Also keep in mind when I started in RE  Seminars or weekend work shops were put on by brokers and agents teach ing these buyers how to buy their first home..

I can’t figure out how to search through the app for any topic.

I honestly had no idea what he was talking about, but when he mentioned VA loan"ish" on an investment property for 5% down I figured it was worth a little research. 

Figure out what you save on cap gain taxes on $200K.