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Inflation has finally caught up to us all.  

That's probably what I'd do first unless you just have no experience doing these deals at all. 

At the same time, I’ve been seeing a lot of distressed properties sitting because owners don’t want to deal with the process—permits, contractors, tenants, refis, all that.

Set your investment criteria, systems, and rules—and stick to them.2.Tenant management is all about structure.

Same in all professions, the basics are your foundation. 

Look forward to chatting with you all! 

Without knowing all of your specifics, I'd say that it's only worth holding on to if you can reasonably expect to have some really good appreciation in the near future (like 5 yrs)....Or, in the case where it would run well as a vacation rental, you could switch the usage, maybe?

I've considered going Dave Ramsey and buying a house with cash and upping my budget to $100k in a smaller market, but that would blow almost all my savings, and $100k just doesn't get you much anymore.

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