I am posting here because I am looking for some advice or recommendations from other investors who can recommend a lender that they had a pleasant experience with.

Or a real estate attorney they’d recommend in Charlotte incase an eviction is what it comes to?

I'd recommend sticking to duplexes and triplexes. 4 units are considered commercial by building standards and have higher scrutiny.

What I would like to are some reading recommendations for learning the meat and potatoes on the processes of completing rehabs, and the processes of working with contractors?

I think tax benefits should be secondary to buying something that would work well as a STR.I would recommend you consult a tax professional to see what possible tax benefits you could receive from buying this STR.

Do you recommend it?

Quote from @Ben Trageser: Highly recommend Maven Cost Seg!

We don't recommend "newbies" start out with Class D properties.

I’d appreciate any guidance or tips to get started on the right path.

Personally, I like to use Notion for this type of task, but I'm sure there will be others on here that will recommend Monday.com, ClickUp, or Asana.