We appreciate your support and understanding during this challenging time.A medical note attached simply says "1 year leave from school for medical reasons"Please advise on what is the best recourse in handling a situation like this?

Believe it or not there are still a few "old-school" counties but those are few and far between and the volume is low.

All calculations suggest great investment for 4 bed 3 bath in good school zone, however once the tax estimator goes from $2200 to $9500 due to lose of tax credit from not being a primary residence it hard to see how to get property in SC.

Also, she's my elementary school teacher and I know her well and I'm the agent. 

BP has built a great selection, all of them worth reading and that will help you build foundational knowledge.To answer this one: the words from old school investor Dolf De Roos "seldom sell" and you will find a lot of post on BP from people who regret selling properties in the past.

As you've mentioned, great schools, area in general is nice and it's centrally located.

We look at things like safety, unemployment, schools.

But RC builds in areas with good schools and those homes rent well.

FInd a good old school General Contractor and forget these engineers.

I briefly worked in commercial lending after I finished grad school and that really opened my eyes to the inner working of that industry.