One of the partners will be in Charleston until April 4th, and is able to meet in person to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

Howdy @Tiffany GriggsI like using www.housingalerts.comThey can provide an overview or a detailed report on all markets.  

@Adam Webb Without knowing the details of your market, if there is such a wide disparity, you are better engaging in a simple arbitrage trade (as you've pointed out) and buying duplexes all day long. 

I am not sure on the details though

You can technically avoid the issue if you pick a contractor that's incorporated.

@Christopher Veljkovic  Technically I am waiting to move back to Indianapolis to invest in order to house hack my first investment. 

From a technical perspective I also run into a lot of investors that: 1) Don't understand the basics of title, transfer, assignments, endorsements, deeds etc.

She can provide a much more detailed insight as she also has built a vacation rental group with about 1500 active investors and vacation rental managers sharing information everyday.

2nd for delaying closing until after the place is vacant... however you technically would be in breech of contract and seller could nix the deal and have a claim to your EMD.

This should have been detailed in your lease.