These factors cause a bit of anxiety and have led to this whole re-evaluation.

Depreciation will continue to provide tax savings for years to come, of course.Appreciation isn't cash earnings, of course, until the property is sold, but it does factor into the overall wealth building opportunity in real estate investing.

There's just too many factors that can go wrong with these types of deals if you're overleveraged from the jump.And, sometimes we want these deals to work so badly that we fudge some of the numbers during our underwriting process to show some "cash flow" just so we can get into the deal.

And of course factoring in insurance and taxes.

I met people from other backgrounds, religions, and cultures that I had never been exposed to before.

Research markets, consider factors like job growth, population trends, and property prices.

@Nicholas Foy average sales price in The Eye was $87,944 in 2023.We consider it a Class C- Nieghborhood.So, tenants will probably have FICO scores under 580.Means you may want to use a Vacancy/Tenant nonPerformance factor of 20%+ in your metricsYou'll also need a real good team on the ground to minimize losses.

Am I potentially exposing myself to some sort of issue here?  

There are a lot of factors to consider here, but if you can keep your current residence as a rental, I would do that, possibly even a STR or MTR. 

Are they doing everything possible to expose properties to the broadest possible market?