Highly recommend partnering with a local realtor who knows the market. 

Their fees and interest rates were high, but they had the least restrictive approval terms from what I gathered.

Our two story more family homes started at 500k and have ended up at 675k to 725k.. with our original nets at 100k ( was the goal) to now we are 100k to 150k NET NET NET on those.. we have 17 more to deliver and 11 are presold at those high numbers and so if I can keep lumber where i need it we should have a very nice last year of the project.

It sucks your in it but Hey as others have pointed out this was super high risk to start with.

But I highly recommend reading "Who Not How".

I highly recommend hiring an attorney, at least for your first time.Some attorneys specialize in evictions.

(c) Do any of you have some specific market considerations I should take into account OR that I should be researching (high taxes, pertinent rent laws, etc.)?

Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $440,000 Currently under construction and pre-leased for $6,195/month, this 7-bedroom, 5-bathroom student rental in Clemson, SC, was built using investor cash and designed for high-end student living.

Looking at this past week's CMI, it's interesting to see the buyer/seller positioning in the SE-ish area compared to the NW-ish area with rates high 6's in JanuaryStill bullish on W/NW future demand due to TSMC factory and other companies (dashboard snapshot below) but time will tell.

I've been interested in real estate since high school, and I'm ready to make the plunge with a house hack.