Initially, I figured I'd have one website that would cover my rentals, home buying, and houses we have for sell. 

I know I did not go through this with my electric company and they manage to autodraft.....Right now I let them online billpay it into my account (which is no different than cash deposit, as far as I am concerned since they control the amount), pay through Quickbooks (still an ECH I think, and they still have to initiate it is not automatic) or cash deposit.  

My initial plan is to learn about the different investment strategies, determine what will work best for me now and in the future, learn some more, and then pull the trigger.

Interestingly, the property is the next town over from you.The repairs are not purely cosmetic, although that's how they were initially proposed to me.  

You could make an offer contingent on seller providing notice to terminate to tenant((I wouldn't endorse doing this though), or you could offer to buyout the tenant and just eat the initial loss upfront.

the problem started when u moved away from your initial 80k offer.  

Couldn't you refinance your initial house into a traditional (non-FHA) loan, pocket your equity, and then buy the duplex using another FHA Loan for only 3.5% down?

I have an LLC with nothing (no credit card, no assets)I understand (generally) that in order to initially get 'business credit' for the LLC one must use their own 'personal credit' to secure a loan. 

Contact with other agents is where we see the most results and we put the property specs in the email that we send out to them initially.

You are taking a great initial step to educating yourself about real estate and working toward implementing what could be a life-long income strategy.