If i'm ever in the NE area I will sure to reach out to further pick your brain.

Don’t sellers pick their own title company?

Read the note forums here, you'll pick up a lot of information, I have tons of posts and @Dion DePaoli does as well and so does @Dave Van Horn .:)

An agent would be invaluable to you to pick through each of these neighborhoods.

Also, when picking a lender, make sure you pick one that is very familiar with BRRRR strategies, has access to hundreds of lenders to shop the best Hard Money and Refinance partners for you, and that can give you advise on the front end.  

I understand equity and cash-flow are related, but what I mean is that I don't need the cash flow right now as much as I'd like to build a strong portfolio that can cash flow even more later on.I've owned a single-family rental for 4 years, but on mulitple fronts I felt like I've done a poor job self-managing it, so this Fall I picked up the Turners' book on managing rentals and that's what led me here to Bigger Pockets online.

.)- If use the property more than 15 days or 10% of the time it becomes a residenceI suspect this is part of why the STR trend has picked up so greatly amongst professionals working in tech.

But nowhere near what we could have had they been finished a year ago (200k or more each).We have one right now in Gatlinburg that we picked up from someone that got the foundation in and that was it and had to sell fast because of a divorce. 

Pick a desirable neighborhood where your home will appreciate and go for it!

This is definitely an important step to learn and I hope to pick up a few pointers from your PP Account Closed.