I have to constantly remind myself that it's a business, and there will be expenses and some damage, and not to get so tied up in the property remaining the perfect condition I want to believe I left it in.

I try not to tie up to much of my investments in any one and I refuse to get over 65% leveraged for more than 3 months.

In terms of local SEO, your most valuable and relevant backlinks are going to come from other websites and publications that are tied to your area.

It seems like Appfolio is not worth it as a large % of the cost is tied to the accounting part of the software which I wouldn't be using. 

You also need to check with 203k loan, because generally the gc is tied into the loan.  

For that if you have less than 5 projects going on at the same time then you can manage it using good old MS Project and telephone, and if you're doing more projects than that then you should really look into having a professional PM and something like Buildertrend (not affiliated) to tie it all together and even integrate into your quickbooks so that you to have your whole remote team on the same page.

@Nathan Witte The purpose of the BRRRR method is to gain cash flowing rental properties without permanently tying up your own cash.

The people that make decisions at banks are hourly and salaried employees whose compensation is not directly tied to the performance of any one asset.

If the property was an actual good deal, it would have been snapped right up from the MLS.Your third is (and I'm speculating here) is that you have, as you've said, an on-market property tied up under contract. 

In the case of some liens, their claim to the title becomes stronger than yours in the foreclosure process so you might lose everything.But the biggest reason buyer agents steer clients away from foreclosures is that foreclosures don't offer any buyer agent commission.