Knowing you guys were to move out in 5 years, would you go with a 10% dp and a 2-1 buy down and cheaper monthly payments, or 3.5% dp with higher monthly payment, but with more money in the pocket to invest elsewhere?

Also, its much cheaper to send a larger volume of street view postcards or letters using a large printing company than it is to send through deal machine.

It'll add about 80k to the cost but is a much cheaper option that tying up square footage for an indoor pool and dealing with the risk of moisture and mold issues.

Maybe it can be a little cheaper on subsequent deals, if you aren't changing much.Loan apps: while you may be able to have some investor money funded before this is due, you may not.  

For a 1-4 unit in a cheaper cash-flowing market a the costs to refinance are not cheap relative to the equity being pulled out in many/most cases. 

yes but it probably would be cheaper to replace the stove. 

Can you find something cheaper and run by a competent property management company?

Other than that not too much you can do, the only alternative post-closing would be to offer cash for keys for someone to move out quicker, but if it's short notice to vacate period like 15-30 days than it's probably cheaper to wait. 

You can transfer cash and assets from one IRA to another IRA anytime, this is a non-taxable event.   

There is much confusion about the 4% and 6% in property taxes.Non owner occupied property is taxed at 6% of the value to get the taxable value.This does NOT mean your actual property tax is 6% of the purchase price for rental property,In reality property taxes are about 2% of the purchase price for rental properties and about 1% of the purchase price for owner occupied properties.Google Greenville County Property Tax estimator and play with it and get a sense of how it works.3.