They have just started the meetings back up for the year.

Also another "spitball" comment here that's a bit of a tangent, with the end goal being to become a successful REI, is it worth taking the time to become an agent?

Offer to send the client back to them if the client decides to sell.

I'm curious what you end up doing and congratulations again! 

They decided to update the poly pipe as a part of the initial renovation before turning it into a rental and I think the cost ended up being around $2500.

@Steven Ong: The reading I've done recently says that Australia is at the high end of the cycle.

Owners mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact SAME SERVICES and PERFORM those services EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, so price is the only differentiator – so, they often select the first PMC they call or that calls them back!

; c) invest in passive multi-family REIT type situation; d) stocks (or take a chunk of the $200K at least); e) some crypto I'll report back when my books get cleaned up for more clarity. 

"I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

Assuming the quotes come back at less than 100k (I currently have a baseless number of 50k in my head), this seems like a no brainer, which is why I want to ensure I'm not missing anything.