Being a contractor is a very valuable skill especially for a flip, I'm surprised more people haven't reached out to you.

A lot less painful on her end so she's more likely to stay, and if she does, then I don't have any additional expenses. 

You can't throw it in dumpster unfortunately.You can bag it up to make it easier to carry outside.The constable has to stay there until house is emtied out so you need to have a crew their to carry out the stuff.Then everyone will come pick through it and make a mess.Then you have to haul off the junk and clean up all the debris.

Have been surprised at price expectations in areas of Shively to be honest but in today's market I shouldn't be.

Are you going to change locks or rotate codes to after someone stays?

At the moment, I'm the only one working while she stays home with our toddler.Both of us have Masters degrees with student loan debt around 130k each.

.- I let them know that in PA an eviction stays on their credit report for up to 7 years and that they will likely have a difficult time finding another place to live with an eviction on their credit report. 

I would recommend starting with a few assignments to get the hang of putting deals together with sellers and filing them with good tenant/buyers, and to build up a cash reserve before staying in the middle with a sandwich.

When we had a broken water pipe in our concrete foundation slab (will never buy another house on a slab - lesson learned) and the house needed water remediation we discounted our tenant's next monthly rent payment by the amount of the hotel stay after they provided the hotel receipt.

(Allowing them to stay a bit after closing or whatever it might be.)Beware of Trulia and Zillow.