As we all know with the News "If it bleeds it leads!"  

Are you trying to make a profit or just get rid of them to stop the bleeding?

@Traver Freeman  then what I would do is forget buying one rental out of state.. you should be looking for a 4 plex were you live.. 3.5 % down FHA even a 800k property is only 30k down.. you live in one unit. the other will most likely cover your nut.. you refi out in one year then do it all over again until you have 16 doors all in SOCAL then you will be truly home free... your right 200 a month cash flow if you cannot get scale is a slow bleed many times. you must be careful with your credit. and our loan slots...

In my opinion, it is the cash flow that is the icing on the cake.While I'm no fan of buying for appreciation while bleeding money, it is all relative.

Last I heard, he'd given many of them back and what he was holding was bleeding him dry.

Trying to DIY wiring, letting broken windows stay broke for 2yrs leading to pigeons setting up inside a historical property, bleeding your parent(s) dry while siphoning money out of a rental. 

@Robert S. Well

See all the investors who went bust in 2008.Cash flow is what makes this sustainable, a company bleeding money has to find profitability eventually.

It isn't going to net you a higher price just because your realtor is a really swell chap.The MLS listing isn't going to bring in some magic super buyer -- this buyer isn't going to move in and make their 'dream home' and treat it like 'blank slate' to create whatever blah, blah, blah.

Nearly 50 of them since the early to mid 1800's.Here is the CRAP: Media is based on the philosophy of "if it bleeds it leads" and FEAR talk provides a better news cycle of drawing an audience in than "hey, a downturn in the economy may be coming, get ready for deals!"