@Dan Marshall the tenants are protected by their lease, so the two issues re selling now would be inconvenience of showings for the tenants, and whether the property will fetch a higher price as a retail sale (as you suggest) or as an investment...I'm with you--if it's more valuable to a homeowner, you might want to wait it out....or, you could cash for keys your tenants and sell sooner.

TF was great in this episode - great insight as usual, and it was great to hear him discuss RE for a change. 

We will have to invest more capital than we originally planned to fix the damage, which will lessen our ability to re-invest in other properties, but the cash flow and rate of return on the property still work even if we estimate out what we think repairs will cost. 

That is good to look at as you can see they health ratio for them personally and their businesses.If the lease does not disclose sales another indicator they are staying is if they just did a big re-image or update or added a lot of new equipment to the inside of the space.

What would one recommend investing in a Major downtown, metropolitan area, like downtown LA or SD for generating positive cash flow? And a possible appreciation? I mean ‘location, location, location’ but you have HOA....

Lots of better ways to make money in RE then this.

They are more willing to be flexible and might allow a re-finance now without the "seasoning" period of 1 year.

You could always call your RE agent and ask them to contact the seller and see if they can help.

I'm a big fan of just buying and holding forever since RE transactions costs take out a good chunk.What are you renting the place for?

I got my RE license in Louisiana to make it easier to find investment properties.