Also, I have a great background in online marketing... could I utilize that somehow?

There's also more options in lending besides the typical 20% cash outlay.

If anyone has any insight I would appreciate it.For any future readers, it is a SFH where the tenant pays utilities.  

Also there are no cap rates on 4plexes.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/360...No trash, common area utilities, yard, snow? 

Not in Honolulu, but rents for a typical 1 or 2 BR are not that much different in some cases :) Also, not talking about paying at or above retail realtor prices.

Typically no you would not be reimbursed for improvements but I don't  know the specifics of SC law.

I got stuck trying to figure out utilities and other monthly bills. 

These 2 are "house for sale to be moved" and we will have them moved to our property to connect to existing utilities, rehabbed, and rented as 1 bedroom efficiencies.It is my desire to switch to real estate full time.

Community banks typically require the deals they fund be a 1 hr drive from the bank unless you have a lot of $$ parked at some more distant bank.  

What's the typically management fee and are there professional management cos in the area?