From the research I’ve done so far, it seems that South Carolina taxes investment properties at 6% which makes a tax bill quite high compared to a primary home.

That would be glorious...lol quite honestly to get a longer contract and have them turn into longer term tenants provided they are good of course.

I’ve been working with several lenders for DSCR loans, but I’ve found that the fees are quite high, with minimal benefit in terms of lowering my current interest rate.

There has been quite a few reports of folks really gouging the hell out of victims of the fires.

Halethorpe/Elkridge/Glen Burnie are good as well but your money definitely won't go quite as far as Dundalk and Essex as everyone has hinted about here.  

I just came across the idea, but don’t quite understand how it works or if it would be worth pursuing.

There are many STRs that do quite well in the suburbs of major cityies Off the top of my head, I can think of one of the STRs we manage that is 40 mins outside of Dallas and it has a great occupancy rate.

For govvy loans, the Due on Sale clause will be available to your note holder - having an LLC take title to the deed (most commonly via a quit claim) will expose you to this clause.

When you have both, it's very hard to quit and when you find it hard to quit-- it's likely you won't fail. 

Getting into almost any property in Charlottesville for under $200,000 is quite the feat.