No chance I can be finished with the house by then.

My thoughts are current housing supply + high rates + high home prices in OR are restricting our options and liquidating the brokerage to pay off the townhouse = $400k asset + $2,400 cash flow that we could then use to leverage or save into buying another property outright or scale into 4 plex and use the rent to pay down that mortgage too.

Would love any additional info and the chance to check it out! 

Improve your credit and financials so lenders are willing to take a chance on you.

But…There’s ZERO chance I would rent by the room for $600/months more.

What ever you're doing to find/buy/create deals is working.

This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident.Be sure to tell your accountant that you may now need to file non-resident income tax returns in each state where you own property as well.

The chances of you getting $11K in value from a course is likely quite slim.1. 

Is this near Franklinton by any chance? 

I don't think anyone predicted that.I've always thought for rentals it's better to buy a $250,000 house and hope for the chance it goes to $350,000 than buy a $500,000 house hoping it goes to $750,000.