Nicer and closer to ASU, lower cap, less nice and a further walk, a little bit above 6%.Do you have something brand new or needing some work?

A quart of regular milk is about 1 Euro, grass-fed organic milk is 1.10 - the difference is very small. (1 Euro = roughly 1.1 USD) Here in Milwaukee I pay about about $7 for for a 2 quart container grass-fed.

Closer to the city would be good and Upstate NY too.

6.5% interest that you are paying and assuming you are in a 30% tax bracket means your real interest rate that you are paying is closer to 4.5%5% > 4.5%I would not pay it off early

The only thing you should be aware of is there is a section 8 specific inspection prior to move in that usually takes 1 month to complete so best case scenario is usually a section 8 tenant moves in in 2 months often its closer to 3 months if you fail the inspection and have to be reinspected which is common.

Gross rent: 54000/yr  Tax: 3593/yr   Ins:3900/yr     Maint: 5740/(past year)  Util/grass: 2000        Vacancy is not included (what % should be used in med/high demand area?)       

Simple question.3 options.1.Keep Garage2.Renovate garage into a small "man cave"3.Take garage down and lay fresh grass for backyard.

If they cannot send someone to even cut the grass, then chances are they aren't paying the property taxes on the property either. 

Or find a house hack closer to his job.

But every month we get closer, folks need to rotate to FI and be ready.