Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Tapping into the equity is always great when it comes to recycling money quickly as you would a flip.

Why not joint venture with someone who has money, fix & flip itWhy not rent it out for at least the monthly carrying costs.Why not sell it on a lease option, get 10% cash up front to fund school? 

Pittsburgh is a good market to make money in now cash flow wise and has good upside as well if you know what you are doing. 

During this time you are not generating any return from the money invested in the ADU.

You’re paying big money to target people who explicitly want to hold on to their homes, all in the hope of convincing them to sell.

@Jorge Vazquez we stopped doing signs over 10 years ago.We had a separate phone number on our signs, so were able to track traffic & applications from them.We were getting more & BETTER leads from our online ads then the signs - so an easy choice to stop using them (also time & money savings).

Then they receive the money and you still keep your money and earn money on it.

If you have other money to grow your portfolio even with $107K left in the property then  hold the property. 

My conversion rate was higher because they kind of look like a wedding invite.In regard to lenders, join meetups and local facebook groups and ask for referrals.I’m doing larger commercial deals now and found I wasted a Ton of money on direct mail.

Spend your time and money learning how to avoid that kind of situation rather than learning from on the job training.