I had a similar situation a few years ago, but it was a move across town. 

Did your primary become rent controlled and if not what exempted it from rent control?  

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We have been working in the affordable housing space for some time, and this allowed us to partner with the local community and provide a housing solution they need as their city continues to expand with new jobs they are successfully bringing to town.

Which gives me much more control of the money/asset management than just leaving it in the market for alot more years.

A) it controls my cost.

You are in control of how the set up works, if you need interior designer help.

CT is 1-2 hour drive from my location depending on the town and is manageable for one project.

Our target towns are not in the urban centers but more suburban towns with good schools are moderately priced homes for families.

In some cases that's amazing -- one part of the town gov't considers it to be a commercial lodging establishment so it's exempt from STR permitting and regulation.