1) an investor will pay the least for your house.2) An assumable loan will only help if you owe at least 8-%, preferably 90% or more if the sales price for an owner occupant who will pay the most. 3) it’s been a VERY slow winter.  

Otherwise, you won't have the additional dollars to pay future inflated prices.Your rental income must last as long as you do.

If the OP doesn't pay the taxes then the property will go to tax sale again and he will be wiped out.

Meanwhile pay little or no taxes utilizing depreciation.

As a result, if that carrier goes under and is unable to pay claims, the state is not required to backstop the policy.

My preference is to receive the full commission, then pay out the referral fee.

The dream for me is to eventually free up my time and have enough income from real estate to be able to pay for my music projects, travel, etc. 

They are paying me rent directly.  

But ya have to make some educated prognostications in life.Add this to the information your processing - What your talking about doing is eliminating around $4000 or interest expense (which is deductible anyway so really could be a real impact of eliminating $2800 or so) of debt in exchange for paying over $10K in capital gains tax (don't forget possible state gains tax as well).  

Unfortunately, over the 11 months he has lived there, he has only managed to pay the rent on time once.