Flip or hold will be a decision in 5 years.

A lot of bad advice and bad decisions being made by investors hat will lead to tremendous opportunity.

I am asking because I am going through the same decision @Kelly Rao did and trying to figure out what would be the best way to go. 

What data points are most important to you in your decision-making process?

Poor props with prices to high those are sitting.. so just dont do that if you want to move inventory.I am not a buy hold investor like most of BP  we have income property but its not my focus I have a 10 unit in oregon in contract see if that closes.. we got a very good rate from my local commerical bank  1/2 point 6% so that seems pretty goood.

I would base my decision on a conservative $50k year.If you want I can share some of my past 2 bedroom performance.  

I would nonetheless be the contact person and primary decision maker with property management and my brother would be largely silent as per his preference.

To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

This is an example of being cash poor and what can happen when you do not have equity in properties, or worse - have negative equity because you overpaid on seller financing. 

We are looking at what's next and want to absorb all the information we can to make the most educated decision on our moves.