Take your time, understand your options, shop around for the best loans, and decide what fits your goals the best.

We originally decided to no longer accept Section 8 because of damage at properties that we purchased with Section 8 tenants inherited from the previous owners. 

We have taken the strategy of starting to look for replacement Properties as soon as we decide to sell the relinquished property and we have never gotten burned badly.

I was conservatively estimating about $1,550/mo for rent, but after talking to my agent and re-checking the comps, we decided to list it for $1,650.It's only been on the market for a week and the average DOM for this particular neighborhood is about 16-20 days, so I'm not exactly worried about it.

Do you plan to try these strategies here or another market and what made you decide on them as viable paths to income generation?

Hopefully they're earnest money was a realistic enough amount that if these demands are not part of the contract and they decide to cancel/break the contract you will get something reasonable. 

.- number of units (in the case of MF)- location of real estateThe investor has to decide what mix is optimal for their situation.

In my market it’s either houses that are in too good of condition and can’t afford to buy and increase equity to flip or ones that are beyond repair and not looking into new constructions since area is not expanding at a high enough rate and hold onto until some out of town we decides they want a luxurious vacation home.

Unfortunately my current lender has decided to make my life miserable...so I'm probably looking to start dating a new banker soon :) 

If you decide to go this route keep in mind that this would be 5-year loan so the payments would be pretty high.If your 401k is with the past employer - you might be able to roll it over into self-directed IRA.