You can sign seller documents before closing, and the title agent will handle the rest.  

That may be a house that looks neglected, a piece of vacant land, even a normal looking house that just hasn't been brought to the standard of the rest of the neighborhood.

I feel its better to carry a mortgage at 4% and invest the rest >15% all day long. 

This would bypass the loan or make it upfront.As of now i was thinking of only pulling 60-65% out and leaving the rest in for a higher cashflow.Thanks for the seasoning period info.

I am self managing a few properties remotely, and I can handle sending the 7 day pay or quit, but need someone on the ground that can complete the rest of the process.

There are 3 elderly people left living there, the rest are STRs for refinery contractors.  

(I am trying to start my own evil genius repotics lab) and I need funding that is not coming from the government.So I get a ton of leads a week, I flip the ones I can flip, wholesale the rest...The AMAZING deals.. like the 5K house, I keep as rental passive income.I would do the same thing if I were you.Get as many leads as you can.. where ever you get them from.

The rest of the owners are not able to select a different appraiser besides the one selected by the developer since we need 50% of the votes.Any advice or experience to share?

Put it to rest as quickly as you can.

And you must use all of the net proceeds from the sale in your purchase of replacement property.In your example you will need to purchase a property or properties worth at least $340K ish and use all $180K ish to do that.There is no specific requirement to replace a mortgage of similar amount although that usually ends up happening in order to fill the gap between the 180 and 340.You can purchase less than what you sell and you can also take cash out of the sale but you will pay tax on that while still sheltering the rest in your 1031.