At one point they fell behind by $2100 but has since caught up and paid me but did not pay the electric bill and it was turned off.

Paid platforms often offer additional features like market analytics, off-market property leads, and filters for investor-specific criteria, giving them a leg up over free options.Exactly, most platforms have to offset cost somewhere because of how expensive it is to keep the data up to date.

To make taxes easier we set up a business checking account and had all the rent paid into that account and all the expenses paid out of that account.

The buyer of course believing he had purchased the house paid a visit to the tenant, who of course called me.  

Regarding not being paid, have you contacted them?  

If indeed it is stated that the second lien foreclosure is subject to the first, then no, the first will NOT be paid off. 

A2: No, for labor only.Q3: I paid my GC via Zelle and my lawyer by credit card.

If the answer is yes, then it's a no brainer to make minimum payments on your 2.8% interest rate mortgage, and use the funds that you would have paid extra to pay it down faster, to either invest in more real estate, the market, or anywhere else where you can get a ROI > 2.8%.If the answer is no, then feel free to aggressively pay it down as fast as possible, to become debt-free faster, and just have a large amount of money in savings or to splurge with.The bottom line is that your 2.8% mortgage is GOOD debt.

Additionally, the estimate for my tax preparation for this year was approximately $1,000 over the cost I paid last year (including the time I paid for them to correct their errors).

Unless you paid cash?