For the sake of trying to learn and picking your brain, why would it be better to keep one rental and upscale the other instead of selling both and getting a significantly more expensive piece of property and trying to significantly increase cash flow?

Very unusual and foolish for a lender to allow a borrow to pick the appraisor. 

I do appreciate the no hassle and quick credit for spam leads or duplicates when I make the request, although it would be great if the system picked them up in advance.

Tenants, "go into Holiday-mode" and start spending disposable income (and racking up their credit cards) on Thanksgiving feasts & trips, Xmas presents & trips, and finally NYE plans.3) Income Tax Refund checks start being received towards the end of February and corresponding, the rental market starts picking up again as tenants payoff their “Holiday Hangovers".4) Spring Fever starts, sometime in April-May, causing both sales & rental markets to start picking up.

What unemployment has been destroyed, and what employment has picked up. + 100ks of uber jobs vs demolished IT and finance jobs.

Looking for someone with information about tiny home living and if it’s possible to create a “recreation vehicle” type of arrangement for tiny homes.

So until supply loosens buyers will be forced to get creative and pay up.I don’t think it’s the overall crazy demand like you’ve seen in single families driving up prices- there is just literally almost zero double inventory.I did three doubles last year and still shocked I picked them up at decent prices in Lakewood.

Just be sure you fully understand the process to avoid any mistakes.When picking a firm, make sure to go with a reputable one.

We did ourresearch and the person we picked had great reviews.

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.