To go a bit further into what Dmitriy mentioned, since your IRA earns the income the tax treatment is specific to your IRA.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

He had a lot of speakers over the 2 days, most mentionable are Pace Morby, Ed Mylett, and Tai Lopez (seems to be mixed reviews in Tai).

Both Charlotte and Raleigh are very strong growth markets, for all of the reasons that you mentioned.

.- You mentioned this sale is tax free 121 exclusion, which is great, and seems like a solid start to your goal.- The townhouse you're moving into is currently a rental, but you plan to live there two years for the 121 exclusion.

I would start (as mentioned above) by confirming with the city. 

Like you mentioned, the money in the market is effortless.

-John You forgot to mention lender/investor.

@Kristin MathernI would pay it given no keys were provided, it wasn’t specifically addressed/mentioned in your lease, you were provided the opportunity to address/fix yourself with a 25-30 dollar replacement from Lowe’s/Home Depot, and lastly, it was an existing situation that could have been avoided/prevented at move in.

Not to mention the buying process between the two.