You will find a wealth of information here.I recommend doing the following things.Complete your profile with a background about yourself and your real estate goals.

Hi Scott and congrats on your life improvement. 

I will likely be making a cash offer of $43K, estimate to put approx $20k of improvements into the property, and inevitably would seek a cash out refi. 

If you never raise rents on an existing tenant in a rising market, you may end up way under market and not keeping up with increases in insurance, taxes, planning for future capital improvements and other expenses.Small increases when the market is rising are a very good way to keep a good tenant as they won't find anything better when they look around as long as you keep it on the low end of current market.    

I went into my network from my profile options and clicked on the trash can icon, and still, that person shows up in my list of colleagues.  

You can find my contact information in my profile.

I am doing this purely to improve the look of the house.  

@Mike WoodLot is $12600 - lots are cheaper here since the developer does not have to pay for the infrastructure improvements. out of pocket.

With that said, they are trying to improve the area.

@Don Harris, send me a PM with the person's name or a link to their profile.