If your plan is to leverage equity somewhere, but you don't have deal in which to use your cash, I'd put it on my primary and when you are ready to start shopping, open up a HELOC to tap in to it.

I wouldn't hold on to anything that was losing money unless there was huge predicted upside sometime in the future (massive appreciation, massive rent increases in the area, the possibility of a developer buying it for a big number because it's next to a commercial area and they want to put up a shopping center... and they NEED your property etc). 

Not many local people shopping for homes today or tomorrow! 

Based on my experience, you should be able to get a bathroom done for that price with a little shopping unless you are in a huge hurry.

So big box retail is starting to have a smaller space at the front of the building like Target or around the side and consumers can order and pick up items and also might do more shopping at the physical store.

I hope you are considering this during your shopping phase

A great chance to network and talk shop.

Shop elsewhere. 

Rachel,You may want to shop your personal and the 4 Plex. 

Personally if its just how to do a transaction that is what your after just get a real estate license its much cheaper and then go through the training some of the big shops have.. their training is usually free while you have your license hung there.. and you will be rubbing shoulders with people that are actually doing deals.. not people sitting in a cube reading from a script..