@Brianna Johnson you’ll need to find out from your mortgage company how much extra you can pay into an escrow account because many have overage triggers where they’ll send it back to you if it goes over their limits.

@Ly MaCurious if you ever pulled the trigger.

This part specifically is extremely dependent on the lender you use. 

BiggerPockets has a whole library of books that are extremely helpful.

It will be triggered upon sale OR refinance, so if you think you might want to refinance in the next couple of years (or at least have the option), you may want to consider a shorter penalty length. 

Honestly, it's extremely hard to network in the market you're investing in from afar.

In a similar fashion, if you can imagine how much landscaping and underground infrastructure is in a golf course as compared to the clubhouse, that will give an indication of why an extremely high percentage of the property's value is allocated to the land improvements.

Should I pull the trigger or just clean up the  unit as is.

You could save yourself lots of headache just be starting a small notebook, to pick a somewhat extreme example (i just use spreadsheets).Your profile says you are starting out. 

Johnson, 325 S.E.2d 244 (N.C. 1985)“Gross negligence represents an extreme departure from the standards of ordinary care to the extent that the danger was either known to the defendant or so obvious that the defendant must have been aware of it.”