So I told the old owner I will trade you the house and landbank the loan..

While I often “trade” properties, a friend of mine is a buy and hold guy.  

Are there any emerging areas near Charleston, since it is getting so expensive?

Drop price $50 or $100 Wait 2-3 weeks and if no renter emerges drop it another $50-$100.

Two flats are essentially just houses.... they trade like houses and there is a lot of emotion involved.

If you planned on moving out of a house and buy another property, as an example, you could pull a HELOC before you moved out and keep it as an emergency fund.  

Say that $500k is invested in a new trade or business - now it is business interest expense. 

That's because they don't pitch something.I can sit here and trade barbs on my "size", my "AUM", my "portfolio".

In place of a flat fee I can see the transition being something based on referral (did my buyer agent get me a trades person, lender, home inspector, etc.

I traded all my RE in for apartment complexes in Ohio and we have won every eviction over there due to the judges being tired of these mental midgets lying regarding Covid and not following the CDC standards on their end.