Then use that to decide the ebb and flow and look where on that cycle we are and what it is likely to do. 

We are taking your advice!

We are currently waiting for TOPAs to be signed, which has been going on for almost a month.

It is not on the market, she does not have a mortgage, we are talking with the family at this point. 

We purchased two single family homes in Florida, where we are originally from.

I will be down there for closing to do some basic work and then back down there once the contractor completes the rehab we are doing, at which point I could take pictures and list the property on postlets.

Beware: this tendency carries the very real danger that we may come to believe we are living in a world that is very different than it actually is.

Then another 2 to 4 weeks to "fix up" while it's getting COLD outside means we are in the middle to late part of November at the earliest before the new owner can even hope to START getting tenants in there.

We are in it for the money.

I have the same dreams as you, but I started with single family homes, next we are going to do a fourplex and after that see how to get into an apartment building.