One of those risks is a bit much for my taste, but two is simply too much.Take your extra 25k, and put that into an additional property.

Some snippets:...our office remains skeptical that all of the shift into rental is permanent, even from a taste or preference stand point.

Because like he said: "we needed to start learning to make commitments and stick to them".That kind of left a sour taste in my mouth.

Greater Everett, some people seem to be making money in Tacoma, but it's generally a pretty rough area for my tastes.

Instead of flipping it, we rehabed it according to our taste and have since fallen in love with it.

While fully performing seems to be perferred by lenders my take is that there isn't enough "up-side" for my taste.  

Of course, that would simply be a matter of taste. 

The ones that do know we exist have a bad taste in their mouth so I would make sure people saw me as a savior instead of a leech.

Putting a window in tastefully, and doing hard coat stucco that ties into the rest of the house could really make it a winner, and if the home is brick, stucco could work great if you paint the brick the same color with masonry paint. 

Their 3 office addresses are easily "findable"--- Should I send my "yellow letter" to their offices or is that in poor taste??