Or new shoes (ok, that may be a good thing for someone with whom I share a closet 😬).

I didn’t hardly sleep for a year of so while “waiting for the other shoe to drop”.

Not like anyone has to fill Bruce Wayne sized shoes but does real estate investing have to be this despicable?

Put yourself in their shoes. 

But I would like some feedback on these options available to me and what any of you would do in my shoes?

And, a 5% to 5.5% cap rate property will actually produce tax advantaged cash flow - OP may actually harvest close to that after taxesIf I were in OPs shoes, I’d want some REI and not be totally passive and “safe”.  

@Morgan Alema - If I were in your shoes, I would prefer to sell, scoop up at least $250-500K of tax free money since it was your primary residence, buy something modest in your new city, and leverage the rest into cash flowing assets, be in real estate or businesses.

You can't conclude that Nike's shoes are worthless because no one engages with Nike's ads when they are displayed in front of people without any legs.

Keep in mind that the new buyer who you wholesale to will essentially step into your shoes and will have the same due diligence rights as when you signed the contract, so think carefully about them with the help of an attorney. 4.You may have to PerformIf you cannot find a new buyer by the closing date or the new buyer cannot get a mortgage, you may have to close on the property depending on how you draft the contract.

You know he is good for it.If nike wants to sell you the latet shoe that says you will run 0.5mph faster.