You are unlikely to see any of the money, so stick with a simple request for outstanding rent. 

In both cases, you cannot entirely discount the other.The property the OP referenced, if properly rehabbed and kept as but and hold will be easy to place a quality tenant   It should have outstanding long term appreciation.poor location can be difficult to place a quality tenant and their are locations (mostly in the Midwest) that have not appreciated enough to keep up with inflation.  

I found a couple that have cloud storage but their trash websites won't tell me how much the damn monthly payment is so I'm not willing to just guess.

Hot damn, Anthony, I'm a B'class investor!

I had an issue with boiler heating last year that wasn't nearly as stressful as yours and that was a pain, but damn, at least my tenants were gracious and recognized my efforts and providing space heaters in the meantime.

Want to dig in a try to only wholesale, you can try to make a low offer, whiff the deal and have a pile of retail leads sitting in your lap that you can't do a damn thing with.

Certainly not like it was when 30 year rates were under 4.5% last year, but still cruising.Currently looking for a house-hacking buyer in 'A' markets (Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, OP, NKC) and anything worth a damn gets snatched up pretty quick (<7 days) (financially speaking, these duplexes have not been great with cash flow <200, COC return <7%, and CAP rates <7%)I listed and sold a banged up triplex in in a 'C-D' neighborhood for its appraisal price of $365 last month.

OUTSTANDING!  

I agree with @Nathan Gesner that your team is the most important part of this RE industry because you can be damn sure things will go wrong and you wants the experts helping you move past them.

The cash flow is outstanding!