Then use that to decide the ebb and flow and look where on that cycle we are and what it is likely to do. 

We are taking your advice!

We are currently waiting for TOPAs to be signed, which has been going on for almost a month.

Some obvious things are of course obvious enough even for me to see without having a giant red sign with blinking lights on it.

It is not on the market, she does not have a mortgage, we are talking with the family at this point. 

We purchased two single family homes in Florida, where we are originally from.

Being REQUIRED to pay all cash is a red flag.4. 

I will be down there for closing to do some basic work and then back down there once the contractor completes the rehab we are doing, at which point I could take pictures and list the property on postlets.

Beware: this tendency carries the very real danger that we may come to believe we are living in a world that is very different than it actually is.

Then another 2 to 4 weeks to "fix up" while it's getting COLD outside means we are in the middle to late part of November at the earliest before the new owner can even hope to START getting tenants in there.