The duplex was on SE 9th, literally three minutes from downtown.

You poof it into every crack and crevice you can find.Another all purpose creepy critter spray for inside OR outside is Tempo SL or SE something like that. 

If the later, note that the Court of Common Pleas most likely will not allow you to become a pro-se plaintiff.

I have attached the IRS website on the topic for you: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...

C-corps are taxed on income earned, then again on distributions and there isn't SE income tax with RE anyway.

Plus many of the marketing folks are just that marketing have no expertise per se really are only hired guns.. there are many here on BP.. but its a free world just like RE brokers make fee's these people do also..at the end of the day this Turn Key model is an animal all itself and is endemic to the Midwest ..

There's not a threshold of when to "stop" putting money away per se. 

Right now what I'm looking for is buyers/mentors.I'm not trying to build a buyer's list per se, more specifically I'm hoping to find a few very active investors in my area (NW Tarrant Co) for whom I can try and find the right kind of deals. 

It can be done in SE DC and PG county but it seems like your buyer will just think you're trying to cut corners, even if it's more expensive to restore something vs. replacing it.Once you find that market where a true resortation is desired then you just run it like a normal rehab deal plugging in your costs for renovation.  

Mostly SE states.