What markets are you investing in?  

This clearly has nothing to do with laws, regulations or operating numbers but I do think it plays a large role in the decline of the market.

Since the house is for sale, the most important concern is marketability.

I can't speak too much to the market on the Westside, but as far as affordability on the West Coast Spokane is worth looking into.

Your interest rates are low. 8.5% is around the "market rate" for owner finance buyers right now...30-yr, fully-amortizing2.

A true levelized cost of energy (what the true price would be if it were an actual free market) gets very complicated quickly and it's basically impossible to calculate accurately due to the energy industry being so heavily manipulated by incentives from the government for so long, across all forms of energy. 

Even with pricelabs you have to know how to pull the right levers and have the right settings for your market that just takes time to learn.

I’ve owned different residential homes in California, both sold off market and for over asking.

Hey @Aaron Price, I think the best way you can get started in real estate is to reach out to local investor-friendly agents in your market.

Many months of costly vacancy, local market rent & resale deteriation, special assessments, property taxes and maintanance fees suggest a quick sale would have been the wise thing to do 2 years ago.