I need to spend a little more time researching this.

When you buy determines your short/long term capital gains.The "in-service" date = The point in time when you can start taking depreciation from.

They are in a hot area of Jacksonville and might have 5 available at a time, but all of the above they need to fix before I would ever recommend.

I think most real estate agents won't waste time on buyers who are "coming in with an offer well below asking" with their main justification being they want to pay less, fishing for that rare seller who will randomly accept a much lower offer before dropping list price first to generate competition. 

$1,500 per entity may seem high at first glance, but the cost can vary significantly depending on the complexity of your tax situation, especially with multiple LLCs, state filings, and the need to correctly allocate capital contributions and losses on the K-1s.

Well, you can put your self on the federal opt out list here:   https://www.optoutprescreen.com/This might be great time to do it as if you have purchased any property within 23 or 24 you likely will be in the money to refi already or soon.

The law of large numbers states that if you can increase the likelihood of a renewal of any given tenant over time with enough tenants, you will increase your renewal rate substantially.

I prefer VA's in this hemisphere so time zones line up better.

You probably don't want to invest in someone's first deal unless you know them extremely well, so make sure you ask about the management team's track record of doing deals together. 

It is usually first through a general auction and if it doesn't sell there, then it goes to the MLS.Keep in mind bank owned properties aren't always the best deals.