Also, is there any recommended coaching programs or potential mentors that would be worth recommending to help prevent as many beginner mistakes as possible?

The other stuff is more for future prevention for our portfolio.

If they come and  see the door egress clearance width is not the 32" after we renovated (I think its 28"), would this prevent me from renting out my home?

You could just proactively shutoff the water to prevent and flooding situations form a broken pipe.It has a app so you can monitor and control the water valve and any detected leaks.I know how you all like apps!

That’s fine, don’t let a $2k tax hit stop you from preventing a $12k in 401k tax/penalty, plus use the leftovers to pay off credit card debt.

We have funds to rehab, but don’t want to bite off more than we can chew with deep rooted issues.Specifically been eyeing Chelsea, Quincy, areas of Dorchester, south Boston, and possibly Salem.To make the numbers work, it seems as though duplex is out of the question in the area while turning a live-in profit? 

If it is too high we could have figured that out long ago preventing appraisal cost, and 4 months of my time being wasted. 

Unfortunately, the car biz prevents me from having saturdays off.

I'm now thinking that the neighbor's retaining wall, which is quite substantial, may be the root cause of the problem. 

Some older buildings the trees were planted to close to the buildings for the height size and can cause roots in utility lines, sidewalks popping up, animals access to the roof, cracking the foundation, etc.