Right now, you are investing and aren't paying additional tax--think about that.Also, one little explained aspect is the carried over PAL is also useful to reduce your taxes when you goto sell. 

I’m learning everything and anything I can by all available means, but would love to find someone in the same market who would possibly be willing to share their wisdom and potentially walk me through an actual transaction (simply as a spectator on my end, or in any capacity you’d allow me to be involved in).

The only value I see is the networking aspect.

I think developing the scope of work is one of the most difficult and most overlooked aspects of doing a rehab.

Psychology and sociology is paramount in this aspect. 3- The business of the business: This is things such as regulatory actions, licensures, the constant changing of such, how to navigate, contracts, documentations, process's and systems, etc etc.. 

Coming from Colorado, you will find aspects of Asheville familiar to where you live now that you won't find anywhere else on the East Coast, but with all the advantages of living in the South. 

There are some exceptions: if landlord can prove it causes undue financial or administrative harm to landlord; the animal is a direct threat to the health or safety of others (bodily harm)...

But this company handles all aspects such as permits and ensuring construction is all legal.

@J Nicholas Gross, there's a bunch of different aspects to this I'm happy to discuss with you. 

What I'm wondering is how we can find some resources to help us better determine one of the key aspects of real estate (location) in a city and state we don't currently live it (but will be moving to).