The deals that I am doing right now though, I am basically getting the land for free, and building on, refinancing all the cash out at the end, and keeping the rental for basically no money into it. 

Basically you stay working there and rollover funds into another qualified plan.   

So they basically did rental arbitrage on your property for 7 years and then walk away. 

Basically completed just needed some clean up from construction, so to be expected. 

I got a quote for 8K sft retail from a construction company for around $120/sft, this includes site prep, utilities, metal building erection, exterior finishes, interior insulation etc (basically build the shell from scratch).

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Basically any brokerage will want to have you on.

Buying a single-family home can be a great starting point for new investors to learn the ropes and property management basics.

Fences, basic landscaping, tree removal can put some nice padding into your margins as well. 

Since my bank account had no funds (I transfer them fully as soon as rent collections deposit), Baselane basically paid those refunds from their own pocket and now are coming after me to recoup them.