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I am inclined to select option two under the following condition:1.

My inclination is to start small to keep my mistakes small. 

Hi Joseph and welcome to BP.Of the three characteristics you listed (number crunchers, mechanically inclined and SOHN), I believe you'll find most successful investors are from the School of Hard Knocks and I think you will find that number crunching skills are essential.  

My presumption from the tenor of your remarks is - you are inclined NOT TO PROCEED with the transaction unless & until you have satisfactory resolution of the Requested Inspection Repairs. 

Now, in March I'm selling one of the houses (only 50% mine) and want to reinvest the money back into real-estate, specifically into a two/three-bedroom apartment and I have two options:a) buy one property with my own money and keep 100% of the cash flow (which I need); orb) ask the bank for two loans, buy two-properties and use part of the cash-flow to pay off the debt.I'm inclined to go for option b for obvious reasons, but I've never asked for a loan before, so I'm kind of nervous about the compromise.

@Christian Smith, if you can find a Lender to let you borrow $90k against it, (appraising at $130k), then I'd be inclined to recommend you do that.

There is and will be a market for wholesaling, as it is often a much better source of income for people with a marketing background or those so inclined.

Because you already know what you'd be using it for, I'd be inclined to recommend going for a maximum conventional refi, rather than a HELOC.

My question isAre people inclined to sell, and sell at lower prices after or during evictions?