Staging can be a pivotal element that does not take a whole lot of effort.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

You have to decide if it's worth it to put in all the time, money, and effort necessary to pursue this one property or if those resources are better spent on pursuing lower-hanging fruit. 

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

You already have some experience and with additional effort, will quickly climb the REI ladder to its pinnacle.

Many a would be investor has given up in this fashion as well and lost tens if not hundreds of thousands .Key I think is do your own due diligence but I think people put WAY to trust and faith in the hands of property managers when with a little effort, study and patience a lot of the same work can be done more cost effectively.Bottom line in my experience : NO ONE is going to care as much about your property as you are. :)

The first, and most important, problem is that you'd need to find a real buyer, through just your efforts, that would be willing to pay more than all the potential buyers, of all the agents in that area, and everyone else looking at it online. 

What kind of back up plan could I put together in order to not waste all the marketing effort, if I could only fund one deal, but had 2 offers accepted?

I should post some before and after staging photos and get some feedback on my staging efforts.

Its tough to walk away after all that time and effort but you have reassured me of my decision