and are you certain that the appraisal is based on AS IS value and not subject to value (ie value after repairs)? 

Once you have a pipeline, you can refine your criteria and adjust based on what works best for your market and strategy.

I recommend finding a US-based bookkeeper who specializes in real estate and doesn't have too much on their plate.

The tenant base, on average, tends to be rougher on the properties, moves more frequently, and cannot absorb any rent increases.  

Any one of us could give you our two cents on the math of it, but only you can decide if it makes sense based on what your specific goals are. personally, i paid points on my house because my goal was lowest possible monthly payment.

For this strategy you would distribute the property to partners based on their ownership share, dissolve the LLC and then partners collectively sell the property.

Another focused on National Realty Investment Advisors, a New Jersey-based firm with a big Philadelphia property-development footprint that promises large returns to investors on national TV and radio ads.

If you do choose to invest out of state, the best advice I could give you based on what I have observed running a local real estate group here for over a decade is build your own team.

Sell them on coin base, then just use that money to put down.

Maybe they bring the experience and provide the funds.I don't like any of your options based on I think you are too new to investing in real estate to take on any of those.