Doing a refi now would move me from a 4.5% interest rate to somewhere in the high 7% to 8% range, so I am thinking of potentially selling.

ok  further along in the process...I was the high bidder at the bank auction and I have approached the person and offered her cash for keys and she doesn't want money and seems to want to max out time before being evicted.in meeting the her,  she appears to have had a hard life and does not appear to be in great mental health and might have a current or past addiction. 

If you have no track history I would park most in a high interest savings account or in a passive vehicle.

Highly recommend retaining legal counsel to draft a partnership agreement that meets your particular needs.

You could leave one in every room on a high shelf, inaccessible to a child.  

We are seeing signs of higher demand even though rates remain high, months of inventory decreasing, multiple offers becoming very common again, and consumer confidence increasing.We are expecting these trends to continue as the news headlines continue to shift and report much more positive market conditions.

You'd also need to make sure the property debt services at that high of an LTV.

With this being such a high-dollar investment property, we locked in a 30-year fixed rate with a PITI of $2,600.

You might want it to go to your parents, or a sibling, or maybe a child you have.If you're investing with a partner I would use tenants in common instead of joint tenancy; however, if it is an investment I would highly recommend some entity own the property and have the documents for that entity describe exactly what happens to the property in different situations.I hope that help clarify some different situations when one type of ownership is better than another.

I’m actually interested in short term honestly Air bnb arbitrage was highly recommended for me to start off.