I would say you could still achieve both long term rentals, BRRRR's and purchase some high producing vacation rentals in both markets.

Met him at one of his other rental properties and was friendly and chatted about his different properties. asked him what his plans are for the properties and if he ever thought of selling. he Said "No" not at the moment. a year went by....and then After my finding my father deceased from committing suicide from hanging on 12/27/2019 and taking a month off work from my job at the prison to arrange his affairs and spending time with family I knew I needed to stay committed to my plan and goals of acquiring multifamily assets that produce cash flow and equity so I will never HAVE to work in a prison again asking for time off & just for a pay check trading time for dollars ( I still needed the paycheck though).

Obviously, positive cashflow is much harder to reach in a duplex when one of the units does not produce rents.

@Brandon Ribeiro I’d advise joining a high producing team which will provide you training and leads.

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(they aren't giving us credit for the deal being an income-producing MHP, therefore the value they base their loan on is severely under what it should be).  

On the other hand, even with average numbers flip should produce at at least 20k+ in profit. 

Putting 20% down will reduce your monthly mortgage cost and produce cashflow more quickly.

Set my two properties on a new glide path to produce better cash flow and in a position to pay down the balance faster and leverage the equity for future investments and purchase another rental property in the following year?

Markets with good cashflow don't appreciate as well, and markets (like Socal) that appreciate well don't produce as much cashflow.