If you only have one LLC and don’t need entity tracking, you could get a lower subscription and categorize your properties as ‘customers’, then units and tenants would be sub-customers.Simple Start would allow you to invoice your tenants (if desired through QBO) and produce basic reports. 

Condo's are usually on the cheaper end of cost for appraisal reports, typically not $750 (but if it's a high end condo or in an area with there's some complexity, the fee can reflect that). 

This is also true in lower income areas, where a $100 rent bump is the difference between your tenant being able to feed themselves each meal or not.

I'll report back on how quickly they "update" my OMG request. 

There will likely be a partnership return required where you flipped a house with a partner and lost $120,000.If you sold the other property within the same partnership, it will also be reported on that partnership return.The net result to you is that you will receive a K-1 showing your income / loss which you then use to report on your individual return.If you made no money within the same year, you likely pay no additional taxes / get no additional refund.Best of luck.

We got a bit delayed in the permitting process...We had to get a geotechnical report done due to a slope on the back side of the property, but are now back in process again.

That comment also seemed to imply that you don't report the rental on Schedule E if you have an LLC, but that's not correct, with a single member LLC it still goes on Schedule E."

No, I'm hearing reports of shake roofs being predominant in a FIRE ZONE....

A cash out refi should take 2-3 weeks with most lenders, and you should have only an appraisal a credit report fee as upfront costs. 

A HELOC should be reported on your credit profile as real-estate related.