Quote from @Nolan Peralta: Continue with your eviction process.

Looking to rent out the property for cash flow (After some small updates / maintenance) and continue to build equity and loan paydown while I house-hack into a 4-plex in the Volusia County area.

Continue renting the unit out, like it has been for the last 30 years.  

Depreciation will continue to provide tax savings for years to come, of course.Appreciation isn't cash earnings, of course, until the property is sold, but it does factor into the overall wealth building opportunity in real estate investing.

I'm torn about how to continue. 

At first, he never responded to the suit though it had been delivered, and I continued moving the process forward, filing for summary judgement.Late in the process, long after his deadlines to respond had passed, he hired a small time tenant attorney to intervene.

I’ve had 2-3 buyers interested in Lakewood and Edgewater areas continuously over the last 1 1/2 yrs so have spent a lot of time looking at properties in these areas- here are a few additional observations:The numbers on renovated full size Lakewood two family don’t match most investors criteria (greater than 7% ROI).  

If the agent provides value that you see being worth the money, continue business as usual.

If you're young, sounds like a good house to continue holding.

There are others that continue to gamble with floating rate debt.