I'm fine if things get drawn out weeks/months, and would not mind building personal relationships with Banks.

@Roy LoganIt sounds like you’ve made some great moves in real estate investing—your BRRR strategy is paying off with those solid returns.At the bare minimum, you should do the following to make your bookkeeping easier:Dedicate one checking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

So I’m trying to see if I take that equity off the table and re-invest the sale proceeds in another market across more doors where we’ll see better appreciation, OR if we continue keeping it as a rental and work on principal pay down even though the rental price has been coming down and the home is not the easiest to fill because of the above average price for the C- to B neighborhood.Ultimately, my stated goal has been to build appreciation (over cash flow) by acquiring 1-4 doors per year for the next 10 years to allow my wife to retire (or be work optional) by the time she's 50.

Make sure you're paying attention to taxes and insurance as well!

Your pay is more likely to be salary than a percentage (except for the REALLY big stuff).

You throw in hard money and now you're paying to execute this messy, unprofitable investing strategy. 

They'd be happy to have what you have to offer and you'd have someone paying the mortgage while you made your next move. 

So I would start closest to infrastructure and work my way back.I would also pay attention to crime statistics and try to go for the least amount of crime relative to the area

Have you gotten out of the original hard money loan or still paying the double digit interest cost?

Then you pay your deductible.