Having worked in a large corporation most of my career, the more analytics you throw at something, the more comfortable management feel about actually making a decision. 

Her home could safely fit more than seven people whereas a 1,200 ft home would feel very crowded.You should also consider issues like room size.

I considered taking the negative one one and allowing another existing property profit “balance out” the cash flow, but that feels like a bad move and would be better to sell  My ultimate goal is to build cash flow for FI, which I need more to do. 

Feel free to reach out if you have any specific questions.

Feel free to reach out with any help needed on having renos done affordably if you ever decide to invest in the Dayton OH and surrounding areas or any DSCR loans etc.

They feel pressure that they have to buy real estate and this mentality often leads to bad decision making.

Almost all these software have the features you'll need, so it may boil down to which feels the best for your processes and pocket book.

Most issue I feel is lack of contractor so you may want to import your folks to work in there.

It feels like very unique asset class and I think we still have a lot to learn about the operations side.

i would feel more comfortable.