We dodged a bullet being commercial. 

They are often on fixed income and only need a 1-bed.To keep costs low at turn you can do things to "bullet-proof" the units.

Finally, 2 yrs later as prices kept going up, we bit the bullet after my husband convinced me that we're either "in the game or not."

We moved out the freeways to smaller towns as long as they had growing jobs, companies moving into the area.  10min to a freeway, 30 min to good jobs, decent schools, cute house in a neighborhood, never on a road with strips....Read my Buy a Bullet Proof portfolio paper file URL 1/2 way down on my profile.

Yes, it is forwarded to 2018 and eventually unlocked when you sell the property.I answered your questions above, after each bullet.

If there was an easy bullet like buying a list, everyone would be doing it and doing it successfully. 

I would bite the bullet on this expense and have two meters for the long term.

or should I bite the bullet and invest it all in this ridiculously expensive market because we love the area and at some point you just have to get started?

Or should I bite the bullet and look to purchase the SFH?

Convey to the visitor exactly what you do in bullet point format.