You don't have to start off full speed on 3, but grow it and snowball it over time.Good Luck

Maybe charlottesville is hitting more of a peak while Richmond stays white hot and rapidly gentrifying?

You bought at the previous peak, and now you're back looking to purchase again at another market peak.

NYC has reach its peak in flipping and buy and hold, the next phase is developing which you could make a cash cow profit but then again you need more capital and know the right people.My advice to you is start looking at the New Jersey market, the potential is there and the cost is flexible.

I suggest listening at 1.5x speed every time you get in the car or when you have free time.

Instead it depends on your unique economic facts and circumstances.Definition of "ordinary and neccessary expenses" under IRC Sec 162It is practically impossible to get up to speed on all this in one tax season filing. the expertise I have accumulated and share in consultation with clients has taken me two decades to amass.Your questions asked are indeed good ones and show you are thinking, but there's all this other stuff to think of. 

One tenant moves induring the peak summer months when rentals are in high demand.

For the price,  flexibility, speed and that he did the measurements and install I was happy with the result.Let me know what you end up doing.

Could a combine strategy of the two work to speed up the process.

My first deal was one of those perfect alignments of stars. We offered on a short sale. Long story short we "wiggled" our way in to get the offer accepted in less than 2 weeks. With the work we completed on the house ...