I have personally invested in these types of properties in Alamance county.If you're open to STRs there's properties up and down the coast as well as lots of mountain vacation properties out West in places like Asheville, Boone, Hendersonville, Cherokee.

This sets a mental deadline for the buyers and can create urgency—this pushes serious buyers to the table and weeds out tire-kickers.When negotiating, focus on the frame you want to set—position yourself as the expert, the person in control.

I am the only person that will be able to update you in this matter.

Try a Google search for managers or look for an investors group in the area that can provide personal recommendations.1.

An ignorant person lacks knowledge or awareness.

Or can you still run everything through your personal return (just want to make sure that I can deduct things such as HOA fees which I can do if it is a rental).2) If I do decide to run everything thru my personal tax return (save on LLC fees), should I at the least set up a separate bank account to track costs separately?

For context when we do this our biweekly payments have been around $485 per paycheck so around $1,000 per month of lost income per person when we both do it. 

Then find out from the person on title, not the assignor, what the assignor promised or has in writing as an agreement.

For us (in Las Vegas), it is common to have $200 to $300 in unplanned expenses on a ~$20,000 job.It will take longer than expected.CRITICAL - Unless you have a local person with construction experience to walk the property at least every other day, the job will take longer, cost more, and have poorer quality.If you have questions, please post them, and I will try to answer them.

Hard to say one way or another without knowing your personal finances, goals etc., but it seems like a good deal.