We talked about opening the meetups to the general public, and not just BP members to get more people. let me know what topics you'd like to get more expertise on, and I'll line up some people to come so we can pick their brains.

The appraisal was the longest hold up but the junior loan officer we were assigned seems to have zero idea what he is doing and zero sense of urgency...

Honestly I researched real estate topics for 7 years before this purchase.

I wish you the best of luck but your idea if scaling is severely flawed. 

Having an idea of the appreciation is an important part of keeping score.

Any ideas appreciated? 

The general idea is that you must acquire an interest in real property you do not already own, and since you already own the subject real property you want to build on, the transaction must be structured so that you are creating an interest in real property you do not already own (in fact, it does not yet exist).

No idea yet.  

Based on the cashflow, I think it makes sense to hold onto these versus sell but again, open to ideas.

There are plenty of websites that can give you a good idea of property values in your area.