My credit is great and I have additional w2 income as well.

If the appraiser used different comps have your realtor submit any additional comps and include a list of repairs/upgrades that you made to the property.Good luck!

good concept Bryan, flipping vs buy and hold are keys to how wealth can be generated by using two different methods of investing aka envesting as i like to say, i'm a newbie in this industry my plan is to buy and hold rentals and later refinance the property and reap the benefits of the cash flow to purchase rehab and flip discounted properties that i find along the way, my strategy may be different than most but most of my educational coaching suggested looking at every deal as if it were flip and or rehab, i agree with Bryan, if i can get the cash flow and equity that buy and hold offers then that is the strategy that works best for me, but if i run across a flip/rehab that is worth my while then i execute accordingly but leverage is a important aspect of the buy and hold strategy will be implementing in my world.......good luck on your investing journey

Then on top of that they charge a 7% Commission (that would equate to additional $26,250).

Additionally, since I was going in all-cash, I could offer seller financing to a potential buyer if HOA assessment delinquencies presented a problem with bank financing.

I would just get the basics: sofa, coffee table, a set of pots and pans, dishes from a local discount store.  

I'd like to collect rent on the 1st and then pay the mortgage on the 7th to prevent the lag of pulling money out of my property account just to put it back in within a day or two, but I want to make sure that my interest won't go up in the 6 additional days if I pay it on the 7th.Can someone let me know if that makes sense or if I'm misunderstanding how mortgage interest is calculated?

I purchased the land with the intentions of building additional duplexes in the future.

So I suppose then the best way to do this is to just keep the asset in a Solo 401k and get my portfolio lender to agree to a non-recourse loan, keeping the asset and profits in the retirement account without incurring additional tax burden. 

I have a solid rental portfolio of houses here in Austin, but the cashflow is minimal compared to what I can get in multi-family or in the mid west. additionally, I'm looking at purchasing non-performing notes and turning any of the foreclosed properties into rentals.Are there any strategies for selling off the houses, either in bulk or individually, to minimize the tax burden for when I reuse that capital to purchase non-performing notes?