and any other info about your system specs would be good :) I'm trying to de-bug!

This is something I have never done for an individual credit but do all the time at work assessing credit for potential commercial and industrial offtakers for solar energy purchase agreements.

I don't like to de-stage until the loan is cleared to close and the buyer has done his final walk-through.

Dolf de Roos's quote is exactly right - the deal of a lifetime comes about once a week.

I learned that listening to Robert Kiyosaki and Dolf de Roos when I was 20.

Since your plan is to hold and rent, put your money into necessary structural, systems upgrades and code issues (updated wiring, plumbing, HVAC, roof, windows & doors etc) and then focus on the interior - update the kitchen {de-clutter and maybe reface the cabinets, update plumbing, etc}, the bathroom and flooring ... then repaint.On the exterior, clean-up the current landscaping and maybe paint.

New roof, did light reno of kitchen, baths, and interiors, added solar panels, outdoor engagnement Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

De Andre', this is a huge topic and I'm not a qualified exchanger (not the correct term, I know), but basically if you sell a property and buy another within the time frame allowed for at least what you sold the first property for, you can delay paying taxes on the gain from the first.

You could always open an LLC in Delaware....You could also do a Delaware statutory trust (DST)Listen to BP podcast 110 I think it is where they talk about protection of assets. 

This is the world of Delaware Statutory Trusts.