Just some notes to consider based on what your unit is like. 

To rent the home, I would lose about $2,500 per month (based on comparable rents in my area, property management fees, etc).Both options loose the same amount by roughly 2 years, and by this time, I still will not have built up much more equity in the home to make selling it a break even unless there is price appreciation by then.My dilemma is this: I speculate that my home will not appreciate much in the next 3-5 years due to the rapid pace of development in the surrounding area.In 5-10+ years, maybe, but by then I'll have bled $150,000 - $300,000.I have thought about this a lot and feel that I mar'-too close to the problem to see the best solution.

Minimum $100,000 rehab based on my 10 minutes of inspection, shingles missing, foundation problems, cracked tile in house, cracked drywall joints everywhere in the house, rotting deck in backyard etc....

PM me you're number if you'd like.I don't have any "opportunities" or property for sale or rent at this time or anything else to offer other than info based on my experience.

Our PM company signs various ones for both our residential and commercial landlords with similar language and base pricing.

Based on what you're telling me, I'd also advise you to begin the process of evicting/non-renewing the lease.

Andy Sirkin, based in San Francisco but supposedly has done some in Las Angeles. 

Covering my bases!

I'm not trying to time the market. ..just interested in people's opinions for me it was based on my experince I started in RE in 1975 and the 10 year cycle seemed to hold true right up to the GFC at least on the left coast..

I would not advise to steer clear of this test based only on you having a job.