In addition, the gas bills have shut off notices and are not being paid. (3 units are occupied and utilities are all paid by owner).

Additionally, there was no business license registered in the City of Atlanta.Suspicious Communication: The individual identified as Chris Anderson had a heavy foreign accent and provided convincing but dubious claims about the company's legitimacy.Questionable Financial Arrangements: Upon loan approval, the wiring instructions directed the loan fee to a Capital One checking account under the name of a supposed loan facilitator—a 85-year-old woman in Florida.

Spokane has recently changed zoning and development policies to be much more friendly to making additions so you won't be fighting too much red tape.

Many investors budget an additional 5%–10% of gross rental income for CapEx, though this too depends on the property’s condition and the age of major systems.

And I could use additional 200K or so to fund my next investment property. 

Additionally, forming a new LLC may require obtaining a new EIN and business bank account.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Quote from @Victor Yang:In addition, is it possible for me and my wife to gift 36k worth of equity per year of the house (under the annual exclusion limit) and therefore have none of the costs go towards the lifetime gift limit?

After talking to support (who were actually quite responsive and helpful), they told me I had to publish the ad with only one photo first and then re-post the ad with additional photos later to force the first photo to be first.

Most look at a Certificate of Insurance and confirm coverage limits but best practices are to (1) become added as additional insured under contractors policy and (2) understand coverage exclusions which are not going to be detailed on an insurance certificate.

Additionally I would add a benefit for you is that you're in great area to be able to invest locally and can invest in your own back yard as they say.