I knew a young man that was very smart and started house sitting for people. 

I'm wondering how to utilize this property instead of letting it sit vacant so looking for ideas and potentially short-term rental property manager who can help manage. 

In the short term, investing with private/hard money lenders can help it grow at a faster clip than having it sit on the sidelines.

Sit down and come up with your crystal clear criteria and goals.

It sits between Scripps Ranch and Sorrento/La Jolla (bookends) has highly rated schools and lots of money is being invested in the surrounding area with new businesses & restaurants etc.

I was told to hire another appraisal but as I sit here looking at my accounts, if I accept the offer of $90,000 can I report this as a loss to the IRS?

If you are looking for a contractor, I have found success sitting at Lowe's at 7 AM and calling all the trucks that are there until I find who I need. 

So my last post seemed a little empty, here's are some add ons for you.Things you might want to try:[1] empty a room in your house and make it your dedicated office--paint or wallpaper it just like your old office--same stuff on the walls, etc...[2] Put in a desk like you had when you were working--spend the money to get what makes you feel productive.[3] Get a very comfortable desk chair you can sit in for hours a day.[4] It's COVID time, so use ZOOM to make some calls when you would normally meet in person.[5] If you're a drinker, put a mini-bar in your office so you stay put there vs going to the kitchen for a beer and getting side tracked.[6] When you're burnt out on a task, have some kind of fallback use of your time, such as reading an ebook about the business.[7] Eat breakfast everyday before going into the office and take a lunch break (if you are non-COVID afraid then go out for lunch 5 days a week).[8] Make the office your daily base of operations vs just your home.[9] Make a Vision Board on Excel.[10] If a computer CRM is not your friend--buy and use a Roldex from ebay.Just my 2 cents.

Lets say you have a paid-off property worth 200K and not other funds in that account(s). It

Also I am in the greater Birmingham area if there are any investors that would be interested in meeting and just sitting and discussing real estate.