If you're not an expert in any of the RE niches, I'd say you should educate yourself first.

I am having a demo today at 10 am with Reonomy to see if they can actually perform. 

Calculate as if the the home will be a rental today; live in it a year or two then move out and rent it out after that.

If it were me, selling would be the route to take, but I'd want to fully know the difference between selling today or selling later.

So consider educating yourself on ways to passively invest in real estate prior to investing, ask questions and take an action.Happy to chat offline if you have questions.Best!

So we can finance in the cost of the roof ($11K) We are actually offering this to the seller today.

One CAN figure out approximately how much a property sold for even if it's not listed in the records:  extrapolate the transfer taxes (state/county/city) and multiply out.Just an aside:  I remember back in the day when the appraisals were coming in short in an appreciating market (something like we have today) we would ask the buyer to pay MORE money for the transfer taxes (no law about not paying more taxes) and it would help show a higher "sales" price and help 'push' up the comps--not recommending you do that now--much more data available for all eyes.But I would recommend that you buddy up with a like-minded realtor, and work out a mutually beneficial arrangement so you can get the info you need, and they can get listings, sales, referrals, etc, that they need.Better yet, get licensed yourself and get to know the business from the inside out!

Have reserves and don’t over leverageFear is false evidence appearing real Don’t let fear about the unknown future events make your decisions for you today

The walls will get torn out today.  

Today i will visit the County Clerks office to get leads.