Be ready to explain the benefits and address concerns confidently.

You have to weigh the benefit of the insurance claim payment versus potentially having your carrier cancel you and perhaps get black-balled by the insurance industry.

I do like the tax benefits and leverage.

Unless you are unknowledgable, my bet is you could make more from rent than sale, and still have the benefits of owning the original home while you go do something else.The 25K you have left in property will be netting you(gross) of $350 mo or 4200 per year.

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

Be sure to check and see if there’s any tax benefits to you from buying from the non-profit.

And the real benefit of real estate that makes it worth the hassle is appreciation.

You mentioned "The only problem is that these are 6 month lends, I'm 1.5 months into this, so any work that I do now will not reap any kind of benefits until 6 months from now."

You’re trying to ruin the biggest benefit of the life in flip. 

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.