Set goals to go out and view houses, even open houses.  

Depending on your goal and strategy you can flip or BRRRR an apartment complex, the same way you would a SFH (over a longer period of course) and make a fantastic return.

It all depends on your goals, capital available to you, and the amount of time you have to dedicate to this.  

Peter has already covered this for at least Texas in my TAR a notice is not required if you are checking the condition of the property which makes sense bc then if they are not upkeeping the  property then they can tidy things up hide hole etc prior to you showing up.I will say I ran into problems with my current tenant on this they are NOT happy and expressed frustration that I would be showing up unannounced. 

If they redeem after I do all those things, but prior to the redemption deadline, am I out all those costs or will they get rolled into the redemption amount?

I'm not sure what your investment strategy or goals are, but if it's pure cash flow, honestly, the numbers are not great.

@Ryan Longley, I'm not familiar with this particular deal, but you may not always pull all of your money our of a BRRRR right away (although, that's the goal).

Your biggest goal right now should be getting a decent W-2 job (assuming you don't have one yet, but if you do, congratulations again) to justify both your college debt and additional debts to secure real estate.

My current plan is to spend the next few months studying real estate as much as I can prior to moving so when I do I can buy my first house. 

You may meet someone who invests in the SC market.It looks like you have a nice goal of investing in a property in the next 180 days.