I started out with little to nothing when I was in the Army and building up properties slowly. 

If this job popped up out of the blue, your intent was not to move within the 1st year, so you may be ok.If you are planning on building a portfolio of homes, it is safest to stick in your home for 12 months to reduce the appearance of potential fraud. 

Purchase price: $630,000 Cash invested: $120,000 Completely gutted this property, brand new electrical, furnace, propane, finished basement to create separate unit.New garage with rental unit.

We put the property completely back together, making everything brand new overall.

We also have one LTR in Wilmington , NC that we bought brand new and have an excellent tenant in.  

I'm in Columbia, South Carolina by the way and no I'm looking to build in another city but in South Carolina.

I feel a loss of direction and that makes it really hard for me to focus and build.Do we keep at building a portfolio of small multi family (very abundant in my market, very rare to find anything above a triplex for sale), with plans of selling the portfolio and 1031'ing into larger properties? 

Any petdroppings must be picked up immediately, in or outside the building.

Are you trying to build up to some monthly cashflow # (i.e. $10k month net) or an equity # (i.e. $10 million equity), etc.

How long did it take to complete those first three builds?