I began getting alerts for balances below my established limit and notices of 'insufficient funds' on various monthly service bills.

- You have limited actual authority- It never ends- Best advice is to tell tenants you can only assist if they can prove a lease violation or there's a police report.  

This make financing difficult and also limits your options on if you can sell just the new building or have to sell the parent house with it.

From what I have been able to find, auctions laws require 100% of the funds to win the bids, this limits the pool of participants to those with big pockets of cash.

I began getting alerts for balances below my established limit and notices of 'insufficient funds' on various monthly service bills.

Possibly, if you can build for under 500k, but that is a fairly complext project for a noobie. 600sqft is tiny for an apartment; your rents will be limited by the size.

It's limited coverage but might be your only option. 

Once it’s rehabbed and rented to a solid tenant, you can rinse and repeat.Cash flow should be the priority, so I’d focus on areas around Charlotte that are just outside city limits, you’ll typically find better price points.

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I was speaking with an agent last night who said that their brokerage told the property management division to get out of any contracts within the city limits.