Talk to a broker (or two) and you'll really KNOW what you need to do and can put together a game planthere are asset based lenders who will lend on the property and not worry so much about your situation but they are incredibly expensive 

Great conversations and incredibly timely.

There's an incredible amount of local knowledge that a good Realtor brings to the table. 

This is incredibly market specific.

@Dean B. part of the problem here is that with all of the fire rebuilding the GCs are incredibly busy, and the trades are even busier.

We are not certain that there will need to be a lot of repairs, but are being incredibly conservative in budgeting for them.

I would be incredibly grateful for help!!

During the great recession of a decade ago, there were places where rents literally went to zero for some people as there simply were not tenants available at any price to fill their vacancies......and then there were other locations where rents went up huge amounts, because homeowners got foreclosed on and created way more tenants than normal.Agreed Russ  there were clusters in the GFC   PhX   ATL   FLA   Central CA  Vegas were particularly hit hard and many landlords lost their properties including apartments that were max leveraged.. what I don't agree with is there is going to be a mass foreclosures like 08 and all of a sudden past homeowners are flocking to rentals.reason I think this is literally million if not millions of homes have been sold in the last 10 years with those buying 5 to 10 years ago not only getting a very good price but they got incredible rates.. so their payments are FAR less than rent.. 

I also spend very little from this money as i am rolling it up to buy another property, we celebrate some, had a great dinner tonight, my annual minutes meetings are done in a tropical environment (mexico).

Our built environment, our homes, parks, schools, institutions and political bodies seem to totally ignore this goal.