Nothing like having them hanging off curtains and window blinds. 

For you, I'd just hang on to that appraisal and put that into the P&S agreement as well.One more thing to cover your bases (not tracks :), Make sure your accountant sets up the basis for each property the same way with your 8824  and you'll be fine. 

@Will Gaston- I'm not telling you anything you don't know but there's very little low hanging fruit out there and you have to work to get them in different ways. 

@Jason Ackerman - hang in there brother - it's easy to let excitement lead you to moving too quickly on something.

I would never leave it hanging and just hope they don't come asking for their money.

@Zak Marinko  eXp Realty is a good shop for those looking to hang license if you are an investor.  

We're interested in knowing if it would be worth hanging on to for at least a couple of years, or selling in the near-term.

Do be UBER careful and dont make anymore post about your financial capacty you open yourself up to all sorts of scammers and wanna be  Invest with me invest in my city types that hang out on these types of forums.. talk to a good CPA that will get you with some good money managers and diversify .

You can also use a property manager in the beginning too, until you get a hang of the ropes.  

The people who ask questions before they book when all of the information is in the house are the same people who will call you 5 minutes into the "vacation" saying the grill doesn't work when the instructions are hanging from it.