It's 1800 sf on a 1.2 acre of land. 

You can register your STR's at the link @Carrie Foley provided and the current response time is ~2 weeks based on my submissions.

That 6.1% number is based on 4,089 Charlotte MSA Single Family properties held by a large SFR REIT.

It is all based on numbers: average tax increases, average insurance increases. 

You don't necessarily need a really built out one though - even just using an AirTable base (there are a lot of free templates out there) would probably give you what you need to stay organized.

This is based on deeds in the county clerk land records office. 

I'm a broker and investor in NYC, actually closed on an investment property my clients that are RNs bought :) If you're looking to start out, what helped me the most was reading about REI as well as attending local meetups to get a 'lay of the land' on what other investors and brokers are working on. 

I'm by no means an expert on 1031 exchanges but you can find experts on BiggerPockets if you end up needing them.There are a few other things that come to mind, I'll put them in order of most to least applicable based on the situation you've laid out.Offset any capital gains with capital losses - Maybe she owns some stock to use an easy example, and it hasn't done well. 

You seem to be focused on cash flow based on the emphasis placed on the 10 Cap in your pos but you also describe the neighborhood as "shady" which I interpret to be a lower barrier/ at best "C" neighborhood.

So far I have check TransUnion smartmove which only does based on self reported income, but I am looking for verification from the employer itself..