Am I right or wrong about any of this?

Soap Box ONOver time, most activities (e.g. businesses, sports, personal relationships, etc.) where judgement is involved, develop 'rules of thumb', 'short cuts', 'approximations', etc. which allow you to make 'quicker' decisions at the expense of less certainty; they will be wrong some of the time.

@Eric Schleif will correct me if I am wrong, but you need to decide on a few things before moving forward.

Wrong holiday....but I guess you could say due to all the men and women that laid it all on the line is a direct result of our independence.

It doesn't have to be exact, you just need to make sure your margins are big enough that it won't matter too much when something goes wrong.  

From the sounds of it I bet there are other things wrong too.

On that note, I don't think there is anything wrong with partnering with an investor or wholesaler.

Awesome thank you Chris Mason- That is a valid question, I appreciate you bringing that up because you could definitely correct me if I a wrong in my thinking...I've lived in the home for 5 years, there is not much more we can do to the home to force appreciation and add value.

I would personally not be nervous there, but everyone has their own standards.My tenant did state that they would be willing to pay for the door and the installation, so I don't have much of a reason to say no to them, other than not liking the look and being nervous that someone could do some damage by putting it in wrong.

I know you're anxious to get someone in your first rental, but it is better to go vacant than to place the wrong tenant.