However, if it is an STR, the depreciable life would be 39 years.

You might want to get in touch with @Andrew Freed and Jonathan Bombaci, they are locked into several of the MA meetups which are great ways to connect with other investors in real life.

As much as I can I try to keep my clients out of serious foundation repair as it is typically not a one time repair, but an ongoing issue over time. 

It just takes time for most investors to become “rich” off real estate.

Documents off Google never work, as I tried...too many times.

I would say, "Deals like this go fine all the time... until they don't!"

We are working on our first flip house and we didn't plan to do the BRRRR method, although it has come up in conversation multiple times due to the area it is in, we are still tossing the idea around of keeping it as a rental.

You may want to make an introduction between your CPA to those 2 colleagues.The CPA can go over their services and pricing to your colleagues.I partner with many people on real estate deals - It never gets to a discussion on whether they do their own tax return or hire a professional.If a partner mentions he will provide capital - does he provide the capital on a timely manner.If a partner mentions he will find deals - does he find many deals and provide an analysisIf a partner mentions he will manage a property - does he manage the property well(find tenants, collect rent, communicate with contractors, etc)

All things considered, on the market for months, its now winter time, cold weather, holidays, and dark at 5 pm, not prime selling time, I offered $250,000. 

Figured there would be a few data points left out of the equation' that I would need to circle back with :) .There are additional units not rented at this time which could be rented to increase the income.