Sorry for the hard-learned lesson:(Maybe look down south to the Deroit area or Grand Rapids, so you don't have pressure to hire them again!

Take this with a grain of salt as I'm a new investor to Baltimore as well.Rent: Scan apartments.com or craigslist.com and see what similar homes are renting for.

I don't think values in these median home value segments will retrace, but people are realizing that with less FOMO in the market, and the days of rapid, double digit equity appreciation no longer likely, they may have a less chaotic market on the horizon. 

I know they just received 11 million in venture funding this week and are growing rapidly.  

Investment is happening at such a rapid pace. 

The number of STRs has grown rapidly, while the number of cleaners not nearly as much. 

We got excited about San Antonio about a year ago and have watched it progress rapidly. 

This is a rapidly appreciating area, so you'll do well to hold on to this house for 5 years, especially if you have no money left in it after the refi.

That first building was such a good deal in such a rapidly gentrifying area and helped by my renovation of two of the four units that in less than two years it appraised at twice the purchase price.

Ask the seller to remove the deck so we do a proper scan and some credit to put it back if no storage tank is found.