Easy to fix if the foundation for the pier is solid - put a temporary support next to it and rebuild the column, or go to a permanent steel (or 6x6 pressure treated wood, if you prefer) support.

Your cash works for you by constantly going into a profitable investment, then back out "with friends", then back in, and out, and so on.Your cash needs to fund what amounts to your own personal ATM of profit, that you use to invest/spend on your more permanent investments (holds).

And also according to my property manager, it is a normal practice for someone to come from out of states and find temporary housing before they find the permanent house and my property company manager company goes with the income and bank balance in these kind of cases without any hesitation but I will be bit concerned based upon what I am hearing here in this forum!

You have a $1.75M debt only providing $32k of return.If you can get out exactly at 5 years, for what the homes are currently appraised for, you will have a nice time, a fat $350k paycheck.

Financing was construction to permanent financing (commerical) at 4.5%.  

If you are willing to go the MH route, I suggest 2005 or newer , MH has never been moved and on a permanent foundation(So you can resell FHA), on a 1 acre or larger lot

Andrew, I believe he wants to put a pin permanently on the map so he can keep record of where each sign is placed. 

There are many permanent lenders who will not limit how many loans you have.  

As said before, I won't be in my more permanent location (where I want to invest) for a few months now so I was wondering if anyone had any advice on ways to get started now instead of waiting until I get to Charlotte. 

Each time, it is a fat check.