Ideally I would like to test the septic before I make an offer or put in a contingency that allows me to test it prior to close.

Continue enjoying nice returns, principal accumulation, debt reduction and accept that I'min a great market that's not likely to go drastically South anytime soon.Sell and Reinvest:  Realize quadrupling your initial equity investment is damn good, take advantage of this market and invest in a bigger property, ideally through a 1031 (note: I don't have anything lined up yet so pulling off a 1031, especially in my current market of Seattle, might be tough).Hold, Cash-Out Refi: Refi the property at a lower rate and take out some cash to us for future real estate investments that my wife and I plan to make in the next 3-6 months.Hold, obtain a HELOC: See if I can get a HELOC lined up so that we can access funds when needed...although I have no idea how interest rates here would compare to the cash-our RefiI know that I'm hitting on some general, differing philosophies of RE investing, but curious to know if folks out there have some opinions?

I am ideally looking for a medium sized company that is experienced in multi-family (30+ units), reasonably priced and knows the Cicero area well.Thanks in advance!

Ideally a 3 or 4 unit would be nice to get some extra cash flow but they are hard to come by in this town.

Ideally, I'd like to get duplex.I joined this forum because every time I ended up doing any kind of an internet search, more often than not, I ended up on this site and getting the right answer/advice.

When I deal with pre-forclosure or NOD type of deals, I simply explain to the potential sellers that I can save their future cedit, and even help their current credit, but they are going to be leaving the house when I do.  

I think about 4 to 8 people is ideal from different walks of life and different goals.

If you're still in need of folks...I use Jones Healy realtors for property management: http://www.jones-healy.com/Another property manager that's big in Pueblo is Ideal Management: http://idealmanagementonline.com/All the best!

Ideally, the software vendor will offer some sort of try before you buy option.

Ideally I would like to pay it down so that I increase my cashflow.