It's awesome that you communicated with the seller and were able to solve any problems that came along together.

@Khadijah Celestine Personally, I would be more inclined to invest that money into multifamily properties because of the larger scale efficiency, scalability, cash flow, and equity build up potential. 

What some people do in expensive markets though is look for poorly managed/needs complete remodel multi units at a large discount that you renovate with your own workers and you can make a good amount of cash from the negotiation alone and compound that with the power of efficiently renovating it.

I feel like I should be focusing on operating the 8 units I have efficiently by keeping my current tenants and protecting my capital and being patient I would have been using a hard money lender (80% LTV, 10%, 1yr loan term) to acquire and then begin renovations and raising rents to market. and then do a VA cashout refinance or FHA and move into one of the units. so my risk is if the property will not hold its value or go down and I cant refinance and/or if my new tennat base will be able to afford the new rents ($950).My gut is telling me to stay liquid and see how this plays out but there's this FOMO (fear of missing out) side that thinks this will blow over and I won't have a deal.

I was communicating with the electrical contractor but they couldn't schedule me in until they knew when the building permit would be issued. 

I can not stand the government forcing me to hire someone for something I can do safely and efficiently myself.

A ton of info on improving energy efficiency.

We are near done, but have a whole house window project that is in motion to upgrade the 1970's windows in our primary Florida residence to a more efficient, hurricane impact window.

Pulling from communications with other people. 

So, I would like to connect with some investors in the DC Metropolitan Area (Maryland) to communicate with and potentially partner with on some deals soon.Also, if anyone is familiar with the Maryland market outside of DC and have some tips, I would greatly appreciate any advice given.