Speaking from experience, it's really enticing to use cheaper contractors when you are getting started, but this can really bite you down the road.

Make sure the company does not entice you with a low management fee then nickel and dime you with miscellaneous and hidden fees.What do you charge for finding a new tenant and leasing the property?

Nashville, TN or an area outside seems enticing 

Seems very enticing but I don't have experience on how the legal process would be to set it up so the investor is strongly protected.

You see a lot of perks being offered left and right to entice renters to sign a year lease and a lot of them are willing to negotiate.

., stay away from Petersburg.It's easy to get enticed by low prices, but if you don't know the area,  it likely won't work in your favor.   

Like renderings, not actual photos.Also, you need to take advantage of the captions part of the listing to put an enticing description in on each photo.  

I’d like to know could both I and a builder benefit in these scenarios and which proposal may be more LIKELY to entice a builder?

The accelerated depreciation that seems so enticing can come back to haunt you upon sale of the asset if the 1031 option is not available. 

I assume a cash offer and a quick sale would further entice him to sell it, but what would the smarter route be for a bigger return on investment?