I don't have a ton of experience, only one live in flip, I have managed a handful of small construction projects at a previous employer, I managed the entire engineering park project at my current employer which included construction of an 11,000 sqft pad, a 3500 sqft facility with all necessary plumbing and electrical, I also personally designed an managed the installation of our custom chilled water delivery system that is required for certain tests.

If your plan utterly depends on having adequate cash flow from your properties, any downturns will cripple you.

If your retirement utterly depends on having adequate cash flow from your properties, any downturns will cripple you.

Who knows, maybe the older kids of the military/government employees will want to have a way to chill out without worry about their parents.An interesting topic, and an interesting niche.

.- young/hip (gets its own tag) Nashville is pretty awesome - it's diverse and chill.  

I would never even consider such a nightmare nor would I trust anyone proposing such utter non sense.

Everyone is shocked, utterly SHOCKED, I'm sure.

Should I just stop paying the mortgage, tank my credit and save all the money I can from not paying the mortgage as they do say - cash is king in any market and having good credit is overrated sometimes - show me the money - they say.Bottom line - I don't know what the best way is or how to get out of this utter mess - literally speaking.

I am utterly grateful for a group of investors (including @Curtis Waters who are willing to share their time, knowledge, and experience to help new investors like me grow and give back to others.  

Welcome, @Celiene O'Hara.The orthodox BP advice would be to pull equity out of your duplex that you've owned since 2001 to buy the next place all cash, immediately pull all your equity out of that one, and so on, but I honestly think the orthodox BP advice is often a bit too liberal.There's nothing "wrong" with equity...So maybe do that once or twice, and chill with 2-3 properties for a while.Anywho, the Bay Area BP crowd is very active and helpful, don't hesitate to reach out to anyone.