If anyone has any recommendations on networks or networking tools, it would be greatly appreciated.  

Thanks in advance, look forward to being a part of the BiggerPockets community.

Correctly it should be called the STE calculator.  

I would refuse to close if this turned out to not be the case.

If they gift it to you it's tax-free (as long as they're under the lifetime gift limit around 14 million) they may have to file a gift return though, but there won't be tax due. 

Sometimes the question isn't "is my property going to continue to be a good investment?". 

If you choose GA, I'll be glad to help. 

DSCR won't work for us because given the rent roll we would only be able to be at 65% LTV, and we are looking to be at 70%-75%.

They are brutal in all of South Carolina, but specifically in Columbia.A $1,000,000 investment property would be paying over $28,000 year just in property taxes.#1 tip I'd give if you're buying existing (or building) is to call the assessor and ask specifically what the new assessment will be after improvements.

With the DSCR formula being Rent/(PITI+HOA), we're seeing that most savvy investors are putting own much more...in many cases 30% to 35%...to get the DSCR above 1.0%.