If you want to know why I am selling the rental, it is because this is the last year I can sell without having to pay taxes on capital gain (lived there 2 years out of the last 5), and because the value of the property has almost doubled since I bought it.

With flipping you also pay higher taxes since it's considered active income and with rental property you get a much smaller pay day, but you also pay little to no tax on the gains since it's passive and therefore have a number of tax advantages you can take. 

He was showing huge gains to investors on paper, so he only really paid the early investors when they cashed out.

However, because of the stage of life said family member was at, immediate cash on hand was valuable to them.

“At the end of March, we observed price gains that put us on pace for half of the homes listed this summer to be above $300,000,” Vivas said.

Don't be fooled by the "pro", I already gained enough information from this site that I already felt like I had to give back before moving forward. 

By trying to do everything at the same time, you will end up going nowhere and wasting valuable time, money and efforts. 

You could end up with a big capitol gains tax bill. 

I just want to add as much value to everything I possibly can. whenever someone says they need this or that I am the first one to try and help.I hope to gain form being on BP, Knowledge from seasoned investors and a new network of people who are self driven and motivated to make deals!  

That could give you a bigger monthly cushion and push this into a favorable and valuable deal for you.