Then, you need to keep managing your payments to actually have savings to make it worth while.  

If you're confident in managing the project and timelines, this could be a worthwhile venture.Need guidance on financing or navigating your first major flip?

Know the strategy that you will employ and the numbers it takes to make a worthwhile return.  

Now that Trump won the election, I wanted to get a discussion going about what potential impact this could have on towns along the Rio Grande Valley like McAllen, and Brownsville, Texas.The population growth in these towns has been great over the years making it a worthwhile investment.

Given your stage of life, this could be challenging but worthwhile if you’re confident in handling the stretch.Sell, and reinvest in cash-flow rentals: Using part of the equity to generate cash flow with out-of-state rentals could create a retirement income stream now while still capturing SoCal appreciation.

There are other currencies that may be worth while, but be careful about the assortment mentality. 

I see your point; adding more units could be worthwhile.

As noted, they can have advantages in various situations, but given where you already are, I would assume this isn't a worthwhile option.  

This often only works with large properties where you are raising north of $1mm in equity, otherwise the legal fees eat up too much of the overall deal to make it worthwhile for anyone.  

Maybe this would also make it worthwhile to jump through the city hoops to make the basement a legal unit.Then you could maybe put a LTR in the basement who could assist with the STR in the main area.