This did formulate a table of income and expenses and I had the option to include receipts I uploaded for those income and expense transactions. 

"Track the input and let the effort determine the outcomes"This mindset took the pressures of outcome, off the table.

Is the house hack strategy off the table? 

Look at a zoning table and see what is possible in each.  

We will recover in total about 50% of our initial investment in this as we too were early to the table and elected to not reinvest. 

If interest rates fall later, refinancing again might require you to bring extra funds to the table, which could impact your overall investment strategy.

By the way, from what I read in the Wall Street Journal, there’s a growing number of niche investors cropping up who love grabbing assignments that fly under the mainstream radar, especially if you’re bringing something fresh to the table like a distressed duplex they can reposition, or a small portfolio of row homes they can turn into long-term rentals.

So I’m trying to see if I take that equity off the table and re-invest the sale proceeds in another market across more doors where we’ll see better appreciation, OR if we continue keeping it as a rental and work on principal pay down even though the rental price has been coming down and the home is not the easiest to fill because of the above average price for the C- to B neighborhood.Ultimately, my stated goal has been to build appreciation (over cash flow) by acquiring 1-4 doors per year for the next 10 years to allow my wife to retire (or be work optional) by the time she's 50.

We have a Pottery Barn table at our personal house and we would not buy it again knowing what we know.There was a lady I know that got bedroom furniture that was made out of plastic material and looked good.

Hi Guenevere, With a budget of $23,000, it seems like multifamily might be off the table for now.