Current position: We bought a house in Manassas, Virginia in 2019 for $290k (single family split-level 3/2 [can be 4/3 once the basement is finished] on 1 acre) -- we bought it as a project house, with a plan to live there for 5 years and renovate gradually. 

Those earnings are weighted in favour of the lender in the early life of a traditional mortgage, gradually shifting towards your benefit as the mortgage matures.The determination of which is the better investment of the two scenarios can only be answered by your expectations of returns on investment, and time commitment, and of course, if they are actually realistic.

Sell property in current hot market conditions in anticipation of a gradual cooling down from increased interest rates.

I just bought a rental property for 84k and I would like to use it as a tool to teach my children (8 yr and 6 yr) about real-estate investing.  My goals in doing this are:- Teach them the habit of investing a part of ...

I predict that the market will run out of steam and gradually return to equilibrium.

“Foreclosure activity has continued to gradually return to normal levels since the expiration of the government’s moratorium, and the CFPB’s enhanced mortgage servicing guidelines,”“March foreclosure activity was at its highest level in exactly two years – since March 2020, when there were almost 47,000 foreclosure filings across the country,” https://mortgageorb.com/forecl...Headline writer deserves a bonus for all the extra page views for making something from "... normal levels...". 

It will also not happen over night, but gradually over several months.4.)

If she is not on housing assistance, I will be gradually increasing her rent annually. 

My plan is to do a month-to-month lease so I can gradually increase the rent on my tenants and then when I get to the number amount that I like then I would sign a year lease with them at that price?

Over the years we have gradually eliminated most things the tenants have to maintain since they suck at it anyway and just include it in the rent and price the rent accordingly.