I have spoken to a couple of attorneys but they all want retainers of $10-20K, which if I was guaranteed a settlement I would gladly pay, but I understand that is not how it works. 

Even if you only use it for a couple of years, you could sell it off and recoup a good portion of your investment.Now, on the tax side, renting gives you an immediate write-off, which might be easier for cash flow.

If there are issues, I have the next couple of weeks to get them resolved and have a re-inspection before the end of the month.

Hey @Alex Pondville, do a search as there are more than a couple of threads on this.

Should we expect to have difficulty filling the last couple months of MTR because the MTR calendar will show less than 3 months available starting April?  

Or just used $15k as a downpayment and then had to make a couple months of payments to make the property ready, pay for inspections and repairs, commissions, utilities, advertising, and then it sat empty for a month and you had to make another payment?

Once you highlight a couple of locations, pay attention to active inventory in the areas by going to listing sites and checking out properties for sale.

I suggest you look into commercial lending, to learn about it before you require it, and start looking for people in the lending space who can assist you as you move forward and with whom you can develop relationships.You now have mad skills and experience doing the whole demo and rebuild, and if you can repeat a few times, your one deal enables you to add a couple others.  

@Shawn McMahon I agree with @Travis Sperr that the data says that there is no relief in sight for the next couple of years.

I have some clients who are brrring out properties and are able to pick up a couple at a time, and refinance in a blanket loan, get out most if not all of the money they put down on the original hard money/rehab loan, rinse and repeat.