I don't think a gift card is necessary at this point, but if you can exchange addresses and phone numbers that would be great.Think like a neighbor....they are going to be worried about parties, noise, trash, etc.

If the construction is 50% of the existing building value they will make you raise the house to current FEMA requirements.

We have some credit card debt we are hyper focused on paying down , and 34K in my student loans (not touching currently due to SAVE plan with the zero percent interest).

You will learn from the first time you purchase a property, market a property, vet tenants, raise rents, handle maintenance requests, etc... 

I'm underwater with my mortgages and credit cards and bills.

Risking your house on these kind of moves can become a literal house of cards as you scale.

The 14 day trial requires your credit card information.

So I used 0% interest for a year credit cards to pay for cap ex things that popped up or a rehab etc.

I know many folks that started a business with just a business card, telephone, a vehicle and ambition. 

If you're going to do that and want cash flow, you'll very likely need to at least make some cosmetic improvements to the units to raise the rents and then manage efficiently.