I'd check out the quality in the store first to make sure it's relatively comfortable.

I'd be going to as many in-person networking events as possible...here is a list of the BP events:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-real-estate-events-...I have a separate list that is more encompassing that I can share as well!

My husband is on site all day every day as the GC and that helps.

Up until now, I’ve always handled my taxes through TurboTax since I receive a W-2, making the process straightforward.

Norfolk is where the majority of multifamily inventory is located, Virginia beach is zoned much more single family. 

There are not a ton of comps on Zillow or other websites that I have checked and it was last sold a while ago so even these resources are unable to give me a quote.  

@Shafi Noss Improving the land would be the simplest since there's already a driveway, electricity, and an old water well that needs to be jetted again.

For the $525K property, with the low mortgage rate(you will probably never get a such low rate), it might make sense to hold onto it for now, especially if you can still sell it as a primary residence within the next three years and avoid capital gains taxes.

I see it as a tax-benefit discussion with the seller.

But about 1 year after we bought the property, they started cracking down on the homeless in downtown Jacksonville moving the crime to the neighborhoods just outside of Jacksonville.