I would spent many years in pain and confusion on attempting to figure out what was wrong with me and why I could not accept the reality that to live meant to spend most of your time working toward something I felt was wasteful.

If the house is good and the price is right, you'll find a buyer. actually I don't think you have too... but its worth checking but the neighors in reality will probably tell prospective buyers 

I basically started with 8% vacancy10% PM5% capex10% maintenance+ T&I came out to a little over 50% expense ratio. in reality though I run closer to a 43% expense ratio, and every year will be different so you gotta keep a rolling average.Also, few markets are going to yield a consistent 3% annual rent increase, and fewer are going to yield a 3.5% annual appreciation IMO so don't rely on any of your profit to come from that.

Based on my current reality any deals I do in my area are going to have to be creatively financed. 

@James Wise bed bugs are an unfortunate reality in the apartment investing community.

@Eliza GreenwoodHi Eliza,I have not found a personal CPA that I can recommend, I started working with a reality company and I use their accountant.

It seems like your mind is going a mile a minute, don't create false realities, or "what ifs".

When I am on the buy side...there has been numerous times my client gets the property even though we are not the highest offer because A) Im bringing buyers to the table who are not scared off by the inspection both because I prep them for the realities of it or they are investors who are not doing the inspection, and B) because I work with great lenders who close, close without issue, and close on time or early. 

Zillow estimates are sometimes far from reality.

The reality is that if you have bought & sold a property and are currently renting you have access to the same programs that a brand-new buyer has.