@jazmine s If you are going to live in it, FHA203k is a great tool to use

I would encourage you to think about the implications of not having the 1031 as a tool in your tool chest a year from now.

I want to use the tools I pay for and want to be helpful to anyone who has any questions or maybe something I can help with.  

I am looking for basic information on where to start and what to do in my first 3 months short goal. ( paperwork, skills, tools I need etc).

Obviously depends on your risk tolerance, but if you buy right so that you cash flow properly (plug the BP rental analysis tool) so you are saving for expenses and still cash flowing, and you have some cash reserves, I would leverage as best as appropriate.

They have all the tools and subscriptions to pull probate docs and title docs.We can't do much being out of state.

The contents inside the home were eerily untouched - food in the fridge (gross), clothes in the dressers, furniture, end tables, tools in the workshop, toys, shoes, etc.It took me and another guy a week to catalog everything and donate it all in the hopes I could perhaps write it off.  

I also own a business and know that it is annoying sometimes when people come to me with ideas that would take lots of money and time to implement, I get it...So, with that here is my other idea.I just finished reading Tim Ferris book "Tools of the Titans" It is a summary of his 200 podcasts broken down into book form with some extra chapters sprinkled here and there on various topics. 

If you have the proper tools in place to where you can feel comfortable making a purchase knowing it will one day be in someone else's control, I'd go for it.

The BP community is a vast source of information and collaboration that will bring success to those who really want to achieve it.