Still, I think you'd find it difficult to find one that would be a good long-term investment unless you had another ~20-30 years to go, it's at least cash neutral, and you don't plan to hold it too long (to avoid too much investment loss and before you get to the point where it's unsellable because of too few years left); that's another way of saying that maybe it suits your cash needs in the near-term or is at least less of a pill to swallow than other options until you find something that's more of a sensible long-term play

The main thing being: giving up a property that appears to have appreciated pretty well is just a touch pill to swallow and I've regretted a few moves I've made when put in a similar situation to yours, and I had less equity in mine.It sounds like you're moving to Raleigh in the near future and want to buy a multifamily to househack.

Even competent 3rd party management can only mitigate, not necessarily address many of the issues that arise when owning lower tier properties & population growth alone is not a magic pill. 

No coach is going to offer a magic pill and bolster your balance sheet.

These agencies began calling me non-stop, demanding I fix the heater immediately and provide the tenant with hotel accommodations during the repair period—or else I’d be issued tickets and face daily fines.I won’t go into detail about how I feel, but anyone in my situation would feel like they just swallowed a bitter pill.

I'm bleeding money as I write this, the cost is pilling up as I need to repair the damages, and replace all the appliances, they damage the kitchen cabinets also.

This is a hard pill to swallow, but one that makes sense due to the higher risk of this being my "first deal". 

Investment Info:Townhouse fix & flip investment. 26 Pilling Street is a multi-family townhouse located in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

It may be a tough pill to swallow if you feel you’re totally right, but you may be surprised at the LEGAL opinion rendered by counsel.  

Not a Guaranteed SuccessA coaching program is not a magic pill.