When we reached out we were told that the deeds had not been transferred and we owed them some notarized documents.

Washington was the first recorded deeds of smaller parcel transfers; additionally he also surveyed those parcels himself. 

We then transferred title of the property to our business/LLC. 

The big difference is the $1700 in transfer taxes.

For the security deposits - since we will take over is the seller required to transfer those funds to us?

There will be a period of onboarding, data transfer and build out.

.”• I pay all the costs – things like Real Estate Commission - Title Insurance - Escrow Fees - Transfer Tax -Termite Clearance - Roof Certification – the list goes on and on..• And I buy them in an “as is” condition.

John is right about the enemy method, its the only accurate way to estimate revenue.The blanket estimated revenue amounts on analysis websites like AirDNA can be a decent baseline, but generally include too big a pool of properties to give a very precise estimate.The way I use the enemy method: Sign up for a pricing software that has market analysis (I use PriceLabs but most of the pricing softwares have this feature).

I feel like I should transfer some personal funds to make sure this property is well covered before I purchase my next rental property. 

When you do a 1031 exchange you are in essence transferring the adjusted basis of the property to the new property.