Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bpThe second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciatedThe last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

Your home value will go up the same amount no matter how much equity you have and it could be making you money somewhere else.

If it hasn't been used in 20 years there is likely a substantial amount of updating to get it up and running.  

I have received a huge amount of interest and offers to fund, but before getting into specifics they either ghost or made an excuse to back away.

Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bpThe second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciatedThe last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

Please click on the links, give them a read, and share your thoughts in the comments.First is a post that I feel will help not get overwhelmed with the amount of info that is here on BP:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52761-the-simple-guide-to-getting-started-on-bpThe second is a post that will help get you focused with your real estate investing goals:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/5868/52743-im-new-to-bp-any-advice-would-be-appriciatedThe last one is a post that will help you choose an “investor friendly” real estate agent.

Have you seen a massive price spike after a major event (like Florence and likely Michael, or Matthew a couple years ago?)

This would be items like mortgage interest, real estate taxes, home owners insurance, utilities etc.Pro-rating the expenses have to be done in some logical methodology.If the units are of equal size - they should likely be 50% allocated to the personal residence and 50% to the rental property.if they are not equal - you can pro-rate based on amount of rooms or square footage.

I have about 20k to my name and I dabble in a fair amount of investing and stock trading.

Also be sure to check the restrictions in the banks P&S contract, sometimes they restrict you from selling within xx amount of days and/or above a certain % of purchase price.