Has good job at a local factory & recently started school to become a welder. 

Starting now, even while juggling school and your internship, will give you a huge head start.

My mortgage should be about $2,100 after I get PMI eliminated and I was going to rent it to a friend that I have known since high school for $2,000 a month.

Nicest sections are closer to Grandview Ave/Duquesne Heights.verna- out side of Pittsburgh: I think you meant Verona if so it's a C+ area pretty good school district in Riverview.

Quote from @Conte Cuttino: Property is in C+ area but in a different School district that’s B-If I sale I’ll get 30k profit after 9 months.If I keep as a Long term rental I’ll have to convert the garage into a illegal 1 bed cottage at an additional cost of $35k leaving a total of $107k left in this deal after 70% refi and closing cost.

I went to high school and college there. 

You'll have to keep escalating this to get it resolved as the national PMC you hired is probably using poorly trained VAs who don't know/care/authorized to fix the problem.What do you mean about the, "undisclosed maintenance markup fees"?

We just this week bought a 6 unit building in a top notch suburban school system for $615,000 with gross rents of $4615, but to make the deal cashflow (barely), had to raise the gross monthly rents to $6570 on 4/1.

And a lot of old school GCs may not have the ability to take a CC and may not care to learn how to...Main question is: why do you want to do this?

if he doesn't train you, you don't make money and he makes less.