I would caution against keeping it due to the fallout and regulations coming due to the Surfside condo collapse.

Place a long term tenant there and keep your peace my friend.

Hey Joseph, this is a tall order.The folks that have these contacts (like myself) guard them pretty heavily and also keep their contractors busy.It's not a selfish thing, it's just business.

The location defines all long-term income characteristics, including whether your rents keep pace with inflation, the total capital required to acquire sufficient properties to maintain your standard of living, and how long your income will last.There is a straightforward location selection process.

Keep learning!!!

If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

But to the north, west and south, there has (almost) always been a stock of housing that was more affordable than in Boston.But then all of that housing stock kept rising in price, and earning power didn't keep up. 

If the numbers make sense, we would like to keep our current home as a LTR/MTR. 

I am looking for property management recommendations in the area, and would prefer local managers, but am keeping options open.

Think about going to see there office most lenders do the appraisal and when its done they charge you .. they dont have you send the money up front.. but maybe some do.but worse case scenario if they don't fund your only out 950.00 but many do this and also have non refundable EM thinking the deal is going to close and they lose that as well. that's why reputable lenders are very important to keep you from losing 1 to 5k on a fake lender or more  and again I have no clue about this company.. just say in  how the fake lenders operate and what your risks are