I’m a carpenter by trade and worked under a master electrician for five years.

The best course of action is to network and see who you get along with. 

@Joseph Burger my advice is to keep it simple and take action as soon as you can.

Once I'm done with the renovations and she moves down, I will do some light Reno work on her current residence and use it as a rental property (essentially kind of a trade).

A project like this is probably 9 months assuming you or your GC can actually line up all the trades properly  even without using hard money and including interest holding costs monthly can easily be 600 yo 800 bucks, over 9 months that’s around 3200 to 4800  See this article on typical holding costs and how to calculate them https://www.flipperforce.com/h...

In 90 - 120 days business owners can obtain $100k to $250k in unsecured business lines of credit themselves.Follow these simple steps:1) Establish a strong internet presence for your company by listing it on at least 15 sites-- Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Scoop It, Bing, Manta, 411, Google+, Google Places, etc.2) Establish a business checking account at 2 banks (with a 700 credit each will offer a business credit card.3) Make regular deposits into your business checking account for 90 days to establish a favorable bank rating.4) Add higher level trade references to Dun and Bradstreet to provide depth to your Paydex Score (net 30s are usually lower amounts; you'll need higher approvals from your trade references-- 2k to 4k).5) Upload your company financials to Dun and Bradstreet to complete your file and create a strong credit profile.6) After 90 days apply for unsecured lines of credit.

I have read several real estate investing books and listen to a lot of bigger pockets podcasts but am still new and fairly inexperienced to real estate investing and realize that taking action is the key. 

My next plan of action is to offer the investment company to buy it from them.

On top of all of this I was contacted by York County Community Action Corporation on behalf of the renters.

You can stop the clock from ticking on potential adverse possession claims by taking certain actions that eliminate one or more elements of the neighbors' potential causes of action.