It avoids having to pay the capital gains and lets the property keep appreciating while you still own it and reap those future rewards and more cash-flow from the property in the meantime.  

Best of luck with your 6-unit deal and future investments!

This will give you greater insight and what a property manager needs to do to efficiently manage your property once you are ready to hand the property over to a manager in the future.

One key takeaway for future projects is the value of hiring professional painters.

I know for the forseeable future I will be based in Quantico, Virginia but I am definitely open to out of state investing!

If you consider Pittsburgh in the future I'm happy to talk about the market and help you get set up. 

I could care less if someone smokes marijuana but worried it might impact other tenants & future renters.What are my options, if any?

One key takeaway for future projects is the value of hiring professional painters.

My business partner and I own some STR's here that perform well and are in areas that will definitely appreciate in the near future.

So adding 2/3 equivalent properties that will have the opportunity to appreciate in the future, without mortgage, was the idea behind option 2 (+ renting out something in Seattle)