And maybe next time, higher someone more experienced / professional and make sure everything is in writing.

I love to network and to learn new strategies, so please don't hesitate to reach out. 

For a high level, when you sold your partnership interest, you generally determine the taxable gain or loss, its character (ordinary or capital), and holding period (long-term or short-term) by reference to the partnership interest—not by reference to the underlying partnership assets.Get a professional, please. 

To make a decision on the route to take, you have to do some homework first which entails, learning how much $$ you have/need for each, how much financing if any will you be qualified for, what's your level of expertise in either, will you have partners going in, do you have the team of qualified professionals for each.

I would assume with a professional letter stating that they are violated the lease, it would add more affect on persuading tenants to honor the Lease Agreement.

You can rollover any other retirement plans you may have into it, with one exception: Roth IRA.It has been discussed at length many times here on the forum, here is a link to one of those discussions for you to learn:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/21298-sol...There are several experienced professionals including myself that you can find who are active forum contributors, check out responses and see whom you wish to contact to discuss your situation in details. 

Great advise,, I do plan on managing the property myself but I do plan on taking a very professional approach so I don't end up with dead end renters.

It is a great area for first time home buyers, and their price range, and also a good rental area for young professionals. 

She currently lives with her parents who are selling the home and she is trying to look for a place to live asap in regards to move in date.She is willing to pay 7 months in advance and provide documents of everything else my criteria requests. ex. professional, landlord reference, bank statements.Opinions?...

Agent #1 works full time as a real estate agent and owns one home, extremely professional and showed me lots of listings on the market.Agent #2  used to be a construction worker and now a teacher working as an agent in the summer months.