Today I did a tour of a number of my properties with a long stick and evicted about a dozen paper wasp nests. 

You have to educate yourself first though PRIOR to taking any action.

Start by reviewing everything under the Education section and listening to podcast interviews.

The pay is higher, but you do have to involve in day to day managing it & clean it.On Airbnb, Don’t rent to local people.

A mortgage broker told me today that selling it any time soon could result with an investigation for loan fraud. 

Had our credit unit do a HELOC on the investment property, pulled out 85k then took 21k of it to use for closing cost on new property which settled today. 

He paid $35,000 for it, and it’s worth around $100k today.

You have so many options available to you in the future I'd simply take a look at today. 

Buying a non-performing asset (an asset that generates no income), that I am only going to sleep in that sells for 6, 8 or 10 times the average income in a particular area, is not something I thought was a good "investment" in 2006, nor do I think it is today. 

Yes, some folks made a lot without school but with a college degree (good one)  you will have lot more leverage for next 50+ years in your life (i.e. you continue your education with good grade for next 6 years and if you do it right , that 6 years will pay your back for 50+ years to come).