If you want to be passive, then ensure you build in costs for property management.Before determining if you should sell or keep, make sure you know your why in investing and what goals you need to accomplish your why.

After you know your why, work backwards to establish short-term and long-term goals to help you accomplish your why.Understand what to you constitutes a great deal.

Fast forward about 7-8 months, I started a headlight restoration business where I live, and also In the process in getting my real estate license to start accomplishing the goals I have with real estate and growing my relationships with people.

I think the question to you would be what are you trying to accomplish?

But make sure you are getting solid advice from people who have accomplished what you are trying to do, not from broke family members!

(Realtors, wholesalers, in-bound/out-bound marketing, etc).I know you were probably asking specifically about your meeting on Thursday, but you want an overall strategy to what you're trying to accomplish so you see the big picture.

See my prior detailed response(s) on action steps one could take to actually accomplish results vs guessing, speculating, and beating your head against the wall.

I would be more than happy to put you in touch with some patient bull-dog agents that will work with you to accomplish your goals! 

Most of them are achieved through traditional lenders and institutions like banks, but some are accomplished through less traditional means.

And all of your first 4 points can be accomplished without a RE license.