Wouldn’t you rather fix a 100 dollar pipe leak versus the thousand in new drywall and mold remediation 9 months later? 

Once you have these numbers in front of you (rental cash flow versus sale proceeds), decide if you would rather have the cash flow from the rent (assuming the numbers show a positive cash flow) or the amount you would walk away with from the sale (if any).

Account Closed Exactly, 20% down versus 3% is just such a huge difference.

Using the upper versus lower bounds of these ranges seems to give me wildly different results in the calculator, leading me to many "potential maybes" -- so many that it seems like too much to ask for her opinion on.

It was a single family, but seems primed to be turned into a two family.I feel as though, I still need more information to determine the best game plan, but all of Brandon Turner's webinars makes me feel like I need to just jump in and learn versus reading up on the how to's.

@Roberto Torres, I sincerely apologize for my late response due to my travel schedule I wanted to make sure I responded thoroughly versus rushed and short. 

I don’t know how Airbnb is considered versus standard renting.2) How hard would it be to get zoned to a 3 or even 4 family?

But it also depends on how much tax would you be saving with the sale after a year versus how much money are you going to lose while renting it out.

Also if you are an investor getting licensed to just find your own deals versus a career a principal broker might not want to put any time into you or take you on at their firm.

It will depend on if they want cash flow versus getting their money out.