We just had a similar situation except it was a break up and they were our tenants for a few months. 

Do you have a year to year break down for your acquisition, funding, and scaling strategy?

Which means if you sell now, and pay a realtor and pay closing costs you won't even break even, you will have to come of pocket to close in the area of $15K - $20K.Is there something I am missing here? 

You'll be in better shape (body-fat wise) at 39 than you ever were in your life.

I might even consider breaking even if I really wanted to move into it in a couple years.  

This will make you stronger also evaluate people's  dispositions on their body language words don't mean much.

I have been told it's extremely difficult to break into the Mtn Communities.

Cash-on-Cash Return Cash-on-Cash, the popular real estate investing return, is explained including its meaning, shortcoming, and formulation...Debt Coverage Ratio (DCR) A ratio investors and lenders use to track and compare debt-related outcomes for rental property and measure financial risk...Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM) A quick and easy way to determine whether or not a property is priced in line with other similar-type properties...Internal Rate of Return (IRR) The time value computation that shows the ratio between future cash flows and initial cash investment as a percentage...Loan-to-Value (LTV) A computation related to mortgages that lenders use when financing investment property as a measurement of their financial risk...The Maximum Purchase Price Calculation A calculation investors can make to determine the maximum price they can pay for an income property to at least break-even and avoid a negative cash flow...How to Compute Net Present Value Net present value is explained along with its formulation and use in real estate investing...Profitability Index The time value computation that shows the 'proportion' of dollars returned to dollars invested rather than the amount...Rental Income Property Cash Flow A fundamental look at rental income property cash flow for those of you new to real estate investing...Sinking Fund Factor Know the amount you you must start setting aside on a regular basis now to cover a capital expenditure scheduled in the future...Tax MattersIncome Property Operating Expenses and the IRS Tax Code Learn what operating expenses should be included in a rental property analysis as well as what the tax code says about operating expense deductions...The Recapture Tax Real Estate Investors Face When They Sell The seldom expected recapture tax real estate investors expect to owe the Feds after they sell their rental income property....The Cash Flow After Tax Calculation How to calculate cash flow after tax step-by-step starting at the gross scheduled income...The Depreciation Allowance According to the IRS Tax Code How the IRS figures the depreciation allowance for investment real estate along with its concept, limitations, and formulation...Understanding Rental Property Depreciation and Recapture Tax Rental property depreciation allowance and the recapture tax associated with it are explained...AnalysisCap Rate or GRM?

But I have a colleague who is a business coach; while speaking with him about a mutual client, I thought about how if I owned the business (a body and paint shop), I could use my funds to buy a building as well as inject some much needed business sense into the business.

Can you break it down more?