They can wait it out until interest rates fall again in their favor or keep doing cash flow and loan payoff until they sell at a slightly higher cap rate later on.

I personal would only pull the 10k and when its time to pay the second deposit i would only pull from your parents heloc then.

No matter how good it looks, anything can happen at the last minute.That’s why you’ve always got to keep hustling, keep your pipeline full, and never count on just one deal to carry you through.

Keep in mind LOCALs will never pay as much as out of area buyers.

potentially hiring, either with a trusted person or myself staying in the unit.

I suggest looking into in-person meetup groups. 

I spoke with the property manager - he said they cannot have an insane person as a tenant.

Just started the Refi process and my lender sent the title search under my personal name and is starting the loan in my personal instead of LLC.

You have to have a commercial STR insurance policy for a STR, so it wouldn't be hard for a disgruntled neighbor to make the argument that you are a commercial business as a STR.So keep your neighbors happy.

Personally I see San Tan growing more rapidly than Buckeye just with it being potentially a little closer to Chandler/Phoenix/etc.