Was able to get a meeting with the seller and negotiated using evolving knowledge of construction and deal analysis in addition to discovering seller motivation through direct contact.

Yes all losses and returns the IRA incurs stay in the IRA until you take a distribution. 

I am hungry for knowledge, and hope to learn as much as possible before my first investment.

I would be happy to connect and share knowledge.  

I would consider them to be more of a consultancy than a turnkey provider, and as such I think they provide tremendous value.Of course I could do all the legwork from scratch - research markets and properties, find lenders, get home inspectors and insurance and property managers and so forth - but RTR has already done all that and has far more experience and knowledge than I do.

I'd like to stay in the southeast and would appreciate any insight other investors can offer about cities in the southeast. 

If you switch to or stay with the custom tax settings, you'll need to update the amount of tax collected to 7.75% because the 9% city tax will be collected and remitted by law to the city on your behalf, but  the 6% state and 1.75% county tax will be collected and sent to you to remit to the state and via Avenu to the county. 

Stay consistent and take calculated steps to gain momentum!

Hey thanks for the response and yes i am staying on the other side of a side by side duplex and would like to renovate my side and the other side !

Center Point is not investor friendly anymore so I would advise staying away from the rental side.