While keeping cash deployed in new opportunities can maximize potential returns, maintaining a reasonable reserve ensures you're prepared for the unexpected and can sustain your investments over the long term. 

So our skills are transferable our plan is to work part time or remote to maintain our income until we can safely retire from our investments.  

These rules are there not only to protect the residents and assist them on their road to recovery, but also to make sure that your house is maintained.

Rural areas are maintaining non-inflated values and rental rates.

Single-story homes are often easier to maintain, though layout is more important than floor count.

Make sure you properly maintain your properties to minimize chances of being sued.

Real Estate agents taking 3% of my home's value during sale without doing any of the work to maintain the house or in any way contribute to the value of my property does not sit well with me.

Maintain small repairs around the park, the dumpster pickup, septic pump out etc.

You may desire to look into ways to increase your leverage and use the money for other investment opportunities.You do not state what state this is, but if it is CA the property 13 reduced property tax is only maintained if the home was the primary of the deceased and will be the primary of a child (this was the case for my brother and he is still living in the home at a tax rate that is based on a 1977 purchase plus 2% max annual increase).  

Seller is behind payments in the amount of ~$10K.Seller wants to walk and maintain his credit with a little something extra.