Most of the time, you're not doing anyone any favors by keeping rents too low - you're running a business and taxes / insurance / HOA / Maintenance are likely to continue to increase.

Been here before with Akron code and got a complete run around.

There's a high chance that you are feeling FOMO from the returns in public markets, sell your houses for a loss, pile into stocks, and then see mediocre performance while real estate heads back higher again.I see this, and similar actions, play out over and over.Personally, I'd stick with the real estate rather than selling it.

This can help with limiting the time your unit sits vacant.These situations can get tricky, but I always recommend staying level headed during your interactions with the tenant.The worst case scenario is the tenant ends up unhappy that you don't want them to break the lease early and/or they don't want to pay for an early lease break (hopefully defined in your lease agreement with them) and ends up damaging your property, costing more, prior to their actual move out date.

I know Andrew Freed runs one of the biggest ones in Worcestor that draws investors from all over New England (https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/andrewf367#0).

You should always run your numbers for both before you offer just in case something goes haywire on one end.

Quote from @Cam Schwartz: Hey Joel, I know others have run into similar issues with the BRRRR calculator.

@Heidi Fahringer wasted time doing several calls and then a meeting with a CPA and then got shocked with their proposed fee.After even more wasted time trying to find out from them why the fee was 10x what I had been paying - a lightbulb in my head finally lit up and I asked the revealing question and found they had a minimum charge.Obviously, we were not a fit.

I was the first developer on a street back in 2016 and anytime I was out there the neighbors would be on their porch shaking their heads in anger. 

Don't hire people to run your account to reach more people, just show up for 30 minutes a day and make good comments and good connections without asking for anything.