Also realize that your closest comps may not be pricing correctly and leaving a ton of money on the table.

It may make sense to sell before high maintenance costs if you realize good appreciation, but that doesn’t seem to be the case in your situation.

And on the other side you have folks who have done the math and understand the time value of money and have quickly realized that your money is better allocated into an actual real estate investment and purchasing a much cheaper term policy on the side.WL policies are absolute crap for RE investors who have much better avenues in which to invest their money. 

I did move out price as I initially thought psychological 649k would be better, because I realized that with 1 unit vacant (1 tenant paying low $1850/m in first floor unit) i either get homeowners buying or investors who will lowball. 

Don’t go out of your way to put yourself on a REPS treadmill you can never get off unless you fully commit to the decades or lifetime of defer defer defer and never realize the income.

Going to Spain this fall, realize it’s not Portugal.  

Didn't realize lenders won't refi if the house is being listed...good to know. 

The cities I narrowed down.ColumbusLouisianaAreas around DallasMcAllenWhile I initially thought about some of these out-of-state deals, I've realized that managing properties remotely can be challenging.

In the end, I have come to the realization that I probably should've been 1031ing them all along though. 

I was most excited about real estate when we first hit that spot where we had several rental rehabs going on at the same time and I started to realize: this is actually going to work..!