A fun fact about myself is that I do comedy improv in my free time!

I already have an Equity Trust account with an old Roth IRA but they do not offer checkbook control.

., other borrowers in your market, contacts for tried and proven contractors, etc).Of all things to do, you should not hide and ignore phone calls.And last but not least, if none of that works, list the property in hopes to recoup your losses and let another investor take over and get out of the project and take the lessons you learned and apply them to the next one.

Some markets are doing very well and some markets are struggling to keep occupancy up. 

Is this normal or is this part of the negotiation we can do? 

I just listed one of my units on the site but no one has reached out yet (2 days).

Just buy a 4 unit 25 down in any class A/B area and you will do great, no need to do commercial loans, big rehabs, etc. atleast at first. 

I bought a property on the county auction site however the satisfaction of mortgage that was recorded now is found to be not legit, forged  and never paid off. 

I've always wanted to do something in real estate, but wasn't sure what or even how to get started.

You are going to have to do some reseach.