Nicholas,The one piece of advice I would give is refinance the Condo before you start renting it out. 

Most think oh buying a piece of land easy - but do not realize it may not have utilities, right of way, may be non conforming or swamp land..

- question: so NO real estate agent in this piece?

There is a safety and follow up piece to have the proper information.

Everything we did had a value add piece to it.

Like I laid out in those points I’m not gonna pay someone to go to the store 4 times at an hour a piece when they could do it in one trip.

Linda is a great gal and her magazine is a marketing piece for these type of business's.

I'm someone who does well with coaching and direction so trying to piece things together on my own has kept my investing journey in a hold pattern of learning.  

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

Also the idea that occupying a 'piece' or 'portion' of property allows for AP is flawed.