They put their used toilet paper in the trash can in the bathroom. 

In the meantime, I'm trying to learn everything I can in order to hit the ground running and be as successful as possible.Hoping to make some connections in or near SC with other investors, wholesalers, investor-friendly agents, et cetera.

Building passive income while learning the RE ropes and earning a fat paycheck as an EE is an awesome plan for financial success.    

I am planning to just have a very basic plan just incase we got hit by a bus...And a big fat bank account will help with your confidence.

I'm thinking I can later cash-out refinance into a loan (possibly a VA loan) to finance another deal and wrap the new mortgage so as to keep the installment payments in place and avoid hitting my retiring family member with a big fat tax bill. 

If it was ripped like the one in the pic, no wonder why it didn't taste tender enough - too much muscle and not enough fat. 

Also we buy everywhere. but are tring to buy as much as we can in parts of East Cleveland, just no inventory.

The geography is much different than So Cal and as others have mentioned you really can't parse out areas by zip code like you can in LA.I think you need to work backward in your investment purchase and know that the rental sweet spot last year was $1500/mo and in the past 6 months has grown to $1700/mo.

How soon can in I or should I do a cash out refinance.  

REMEMBER: Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.