@Sandra Ho,I'm a little late to your thread, but you pose a good question—neither of these situations are ideal.

Donate the Property: Donating the property to a qualified charitable organization can provide you with a charitable deduction equal to the property’s fair market value and eliminate capital gains taxes.Implementing these strategies requires careful planning and consideration of your specific financial situation.

In fact, if your tenant does poorly, it may put you in a situation where selling is the best option and you will be stuck using the agent that caused the problem in the first place! 

Bottom line though is that it’s all up to them, which is also my fear for them, because I can foresee it simply being a situation where they go or gravitate towards the simplest solution or minimal amount of forethought.

I had another person try to bargain me down to $1700/month, and said she was moving out of her dad's house and so needed room to store boxes in the extra bedrooms. 

However, I see how one may struggle to change the email, since it may have important information stored or they've reached full capacity for making new emails. 

If anyone has experience with NYC zoning laws, or has an answer please shed some light on our situation.

My clients want to submit an offer of $230K.Btw, this is a Texas market.As a seller’s or buyer’s agent, how would you respond to this situation?

The forums are great but tax pros here don't know all the ins and outs of your specific situation so it's hard to give definitive answers.Do the house hack though!

I worry about you putting too much of your life into one investment given you're limitations on income/working situation anyway.In general expensive primary residences do not make the best rental properties.