The experience and the knowledge that you will learn will be valuable to your future career moves.

They can lead to potentially millions of dollars in your future if you take ACTION.

Maybe a mutual drive by each other’s Escondido properties at some point in the near future.  

@Omar Khan definitely will be comparing various lenders in the near future.

Buy based on current returns , not future appreciation .

Could help in the future for buying other properties.

Thanks for your time in reading this and best wishes in your future endeavors. 

Looking forward to hearing your success stories in the future. 

If you can cover that $155/month out of your personal budget and rental income from the other half of the duplex, you might decide it makes more sense to keep your first property running at a small loss for now and reap the other benefits of real estate: principle pay down, depreciation, future rent increases, etc.Especially when you look at what it'd cost you to sell it at this point. 

I will be working my normal job for the foreseeable future as well.