Why are you trying to pay $99/month when you can just go to in-person meetups and 10x the experience in 1 hour?

I assume that Insurance will provide me protection against specific risks but not provide liability protection to personal assets. 

A general breakdown of the costs you would look into as an experienced builder/investor would be very appreciated.

Personally I wouldn’t rent it for less.

I’m new enough to the industry that I actually didn’t know I would have to personally finance the lot.

Could get a personal loan beforehand to help cover the difference.  

My main concern would be using HELOC on personal residence to make first real estate investment, not as concerned with the Roth/IRA but still don't want to make a big mistake on the first one. 

I understand that I can deduct mortgage interest up to $750k on my personal residence.

But I want to hear from the more experienced folks, how are you guys able to accurately analyze rehab costs?

I know these guys personally and can vouch for them personally.