Restart the process again each year or sooner - depending on how big the projects become in the future.My hope is to find investors who will get to know me, trust me and we make it happen!  

Best to determine that sooner rather than later. 

The sooner the better.

Like previously mentioned a joint-venture would be a good idea, you have some money saved up that you could bring to the table and would help you get into a property sooner (although not 100% owner).

Now if we sell now i believe it will jump start our investing sooner because we will have the capital to make some moves.

Bettina,That is my sentiment right now, if i suffer a little more now I can use that extra money to get out of the corporate world sooner than later by building my investments quicker.

Management should get off their sorry rear ends now and begin the process of attempting to find a replacement tenant with the hoped for goal of a new lease starting in January 1st, 2018.If a new tenant is found sooner (and a lease is started on, say December 10th) and there is no damage above normal wear and tear to the rental unit then management would need to return the difference in rent back to the original (now departed) tenant (minus any expenses for advertising the unit to get it re-rented).The entire point is that it is totally untrue that the rental unit has to remain empty for the remainder of the lease while property management sits around doing nothing.Gail

You'll know right away whether they're intending on paying or not.The sooner you serve it, the sooner you'll be able to get them out if they're intending to stiff you as that is the first step in the process.But hopefully, they'll get the notice and then they'll contact you and/or make the payment.

Also, its important for me to know what the closing costs and the LTV cash-out is going to look like.Some lenders mentioned that I will need to wait a 6 month seasoning period for them to offer me an X percentage of the value, and If I want to refinance sooner they'll give me less. 

With a HE I should be able to get 70-80% back, and it’s more flexible - you only HAVE to pay interest, but can pay off sooner by choosing how much to pay back each month.