Ultimately, I decided to self manage for the learning experience and cost savings. 

You need to decide for yourself what a good deal is.

But they are too expensive, so I decided to switch service company.

If we decide to do the loan servicing on our own (I pay the seller every month directly into their account), who does the interest form 1098 at the end of the year?  

I decided on Charlotte after conducting a ton of research on the top markets in the US, and taking a variety of factors into consideration:Home ValuesAverage Rent / Income ratiosUnemployment RatesCrimePopulationEconomic GrowthNet Migrationand most importantly, where we'll be happyI started out with Bigger Pockets own excellent 2017 Market Analysis, and added my own numbers to help me give more weight to the factors I felt were most important.

If you decide to sell the building and not do a 1031, you actually have to recapture the depreciation and are taxed at a higher percentage than if it had been straight-line depreciation the entire way.

I started part time and did so for a number of years, and never truly allowed myself to "expand" beyond what I knew I could handle, which is fine, but the true growth and learning comes when you decide to jump full time.  

Hello All,I am new to BiggerPockets and to Real Estate in general, and have decided to take the big leap and enter my first deal!

I can't seem to decide which contractor to hire.

I guess I am just looking for suggestions that we should either sell and start over or hold on and rent and then decide to sell later when we have more equity.Any help/feedback is greatly appreciated.Thanks,Bob