I'm guessing the owner won't provide financing for you?

I am not planning to provide any financing.

I appreciate any insight and advice anyone is able to provide!

As an individual, it is hard to open an efficient, responsible, profitable out of state network because as an individual you do not provide that much value for an agent or a contractor to run around and cater to you.But when you are part of a group that closed on over 4 million in real estate in six months and brought in over one million in local rehab dollars and put 50+ people to work and paid the city inspection office for all the permits, inspections, and reports then people cater you to. 

I assume you have the foundation permit/plan and can provide that to them to bid, so you just need to send it over and have them provide SOW and pricing. 

Doing rehabs, I hope, will provide a decent level of experience in the value add piece. 

I have not been able to verify that this has been enacted as part of the recent budget negotiations* (If anyone can provide some clarity or insight it is always appreciated.)

I could not read the NYT article because you need a subscription, but I found another article that walks one through a numbers exercise of determining the true cost of owning versus renting Do you think this provides similar sound advice? 

If the inspection already passed and you paid the fee and are only waiting on them to send verification via email, and you have already registered you lead cert on the Maryland website (very important).

You may be able to reduce expenses through energy savings, appealing assessed values, shopping for utility providers, etc. 3.