I think the above is just starting to scratch the surface, so you really need to ask yourself is the juice worth the squeeze?

You know how you can use lemon juice as invisible ink?

Our opportunities to sell this home in the near future might not be as fruitful as today.

To juice your return.  2. 

But every morning I wake up and keep trying hoping that eventually my efforts bear fruit. 

The estate offers a world of its own with two homes that combine for more than 18,000 square feet, as well as a 3,400-square-foot recreation center, two-hole golf course, tennis court, basketball court, infinity-edge pool and cabana set among vineyards and fruit trees.

Don't get me wrong, I love your approach and the motivation you have, however I feel you could focus in a way that is more fruitful in which you won't be feeling like you had a failure of a day.

Sorry if this a lot but anything else you I may have forgot please drop the fruit of knowledge from your tree!

Good luck finding cashflow properties in the DMV area - its not impossible but there are other areas within a 90 minute drive that could be more fruitful for you.

No increase in rents nor value and the juice might not be worth the squeeze.