Additionally, our strategic marketing efforts highlighted the property's new features, attracting buyers quickly.

Have a really nice and memorable feature for guests to distract them from other things (huge tv, fire pit, hot tub, PS4) 7.

Given your situation and concerns, here's a breakdown of considerations and advice:Pros of Renting Out Current Home and Buying a New Primary Home:Living Condition Upgrade: Moving to a larger, newer home with boutique features can improve your living space.Rental Market: West Town in Chicago generally has a strong rental market, which could provide good rental income from your current home.Portfolio Diversification: Adding another property to your real estate portfolio can enhance diversification and potentially increase long-term wealth through property appreciation and rental income.Cons and Concerns:Interest Rate: The current interest rate of 7% on a new mortgage is high, and there's uncertainty about future rate decreases.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

However, I just found out Easy Self Storage started to sell their own access hardware, and then it released a new feature on their software/website that you can see gate access activities/log live and can even open/close the gate remotely simply through the website (even on your mobile!).

Very similar to what you're forecasting, although it seems like you're adding nicer features.

They have this feature where the investors’ accreditation status verification is automated.

Other features include, LED lighting, new ceiling fans, updated laundry room, privacy fence, and new landscaping!

Note too that in Wake County, unlike decades past, there is no meaningful "foreclosure discount" (defined as the fact that winning courthouse bid prices were generally (historically) much lower due to the forced sale feature of NC statutes and Deed of Trust Power of Sale clauses) and this is confirmed by a recent Fannie Mae study. 

Yes I’m interested in hearing from anyone who has used that feature on the Minut