Wha type of property are you looking to purchase and type of financing are you looking for ? 

Myrtle Beach is the one of the fastest growing cities in the country, so there is just a lot of opportunity for any type of investment here.

, what type of animal is needed for the diagnosis?

@Wade Wisner Generally speaking there are 2 main types of loans for investors: “Conventional” and “Portfolio”Conventional - I'll define these as loans that come from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (if you recognize those names).

Decide which type of person you want to be :)4.

I would ideally like to pump rent to 1100 the first year and do minor cosmetic upgrades.

Ideally, we would divide it 99:1, with my wife and me as the majority owners.

 There are many good companies that offer this type of service.   

Having a mentor is great, but paying for a mentorship program/guru type thing usually just gets you into a boiler room of constant up-selling to higher levels of ripping you off.

Ideally, they should have ordered the questionnaire in the very beginning, or asked you general questions about the complex before asking you to pay for the appraisal, since the questionnaire is less expensive.