Great to meet you via forums and will do!

Please - do this today: Send her a Notice To Quit for Non-Payment of Rent; you will need to send this to her via USPS with proof of delivery required so you can use it in any legal proceeding.

Projected sale: 950-990k Replacement property budget: 990k - 1.1M Plan: rent out the replacement home until meeting the requirements, then move into it while renting out a portion of the home via short-term rental 

Working this backwards, what I see is a 3rd party trying to benefit from another’s house via rental cashflow, My only business is 30+ years as probate estate and trust lending in CA.

It is deferred until sold, via invisible basis reduction. 

However, I do know 2 investors who have purchased 70+ unit properties via seller outreach, but it takes time.

Post Dodd Frank sellers have continued the same bad practice of selling houses to occupants with financing at selling prices that are way high, can't be justified via any type of 3rd party valuation (appraisal, zestimate, tax value, even recent sales in the same area).   

I am not in favor of growing via cash-out refi.

At the very least you will want to have some general foundations set because with time you will modify processes and the learnings via experience you gain.

Hi, Just bought a unit via LLC in Nashville area, specifically in Berry Hill to operate as STR.