Hi Beau, it sounds as though you guys are looking in a desired neighborhood as well. 

I added arcade games, board games and accept pets as well.

A Mentor – I am new to the area and hoping to find someone to learn from and help that knows the area well and can guide me in the right direction.2.

@V.G Jason Well that was a lackluster response.  

I've brokered a number of 1031 transactions and can help with that as well. 

I would suggest looking into syndications as well.

I'm new to this as well.

I found houses that had not been well kept up.

Well if you ran realistic conservative numbers for maintenance, capex, vacancy rates, rental income, etc then you don't really need cash flow do you?

Without knowing all of your specifics, I'd say that it's only worth holding on to if you can reasonably expect to have some really good appreciation in the near future (like 5 yrs)....Or, in the case where it would run well as a vacation rental, you could switch the usage, maybe?