If the rental income, property appreciation, and overall investment potential outweigh the tax costs, it can still be a good buy.

I strongly believe that with time, as you build equity (thru principal pay down) and appreciation, that value will far outweigh the amount that you are “in the red" by your househack not being able to cover the entire PITI cost.And if you have a good househack, your housing costs should be lower than what you would be paying for rent

If the annual appreciation far outweighs the annual cash flow losses, it may be worth holding. 

Similarly, the moment Elon confirms he has successfully tapped the enormous supply of gold in the meteor and will be shipping it by the rocket ship back to Earth, the supply of gold will far outweigh the demand and the price per Troy ounce will drop. 

This psychological trap causes us to stick with a plan even if it no longer serves us and the costs clearly outweigh the benefits."

The investor must consider whether the potential property value increase or other benefits outweigh this loss.

Whether or not the other benefits of new construction outweigh this diminishment of potential appreciation could be the topic of another post.Deeper dive and feedbackI’d be super interested to hear from folks on this topic.

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Whenever to costs of a new mortgage are outweighed by a lower rate (assuming that is the only factor you’re considering) is a good basis. 

On an 8 plex, there isn't much meat on the bones for the amount of work needed for Management, but when you factor in an additional 24 units, that starts to benefit the PM, so there is more room to negotiate.Initially, the cost of PM outweighs your returns.