You won't build up much equity through paying your mortgage in 2 years due to how the principal and interest payments work-go to a website for a big bank in Canada and look at the principal vs interest chart for a mortgage-most of the payments go to interest at the start.

A debt free chart.

There are a couple others (one similar to yours, charting a new course for my family, better than my parents ever did. 

On a side note, we never sign a lease with a new tenant until a property is vacant for precisely this reason.

This chart says it would need to be 4 people in the unit, which they do not meet. 

. ($3,015) New York City ($2,075) and San Francisco ($1,695).Article hyperlink here:https://austonia.com/austin-re…I am also going to link the referenced report by realtor.com here: https://www.realtor.com/resear… and include their chart for the top markets with respect to rental increases (not tech hub exclusive).  

I’m also aware that the housing market is not “cheap” if you look at a historical real estate housing price chart that is inflation adjusted.Why buy today???

If you're interested, I made a comparison chart of floating LVP products when I was shopping last year with a major focus on durability (also share some challenges with replacing carpet with LVP over wooden subfloor): https://www.biggerpockets.com/...There are lots of great LVP options out there though so I definitely don't think it's necessary to go down the rabbit hole like I did…

If you really want to get technical and dial in a precise number by city, you can go to the county tax assessor website and get each of the moving parts that drive the total tax rate (e.g. by taxing unit like ISD, county hospital, county community college, etc).https://taxonline.tarrantcount...Personally I am lazy and usually run with a rough estimate like you suggested...Andy

That’s precisely what I am trying to avoid.