I got 2 quotes from larger companies :$5500/side.and one from a small sole proprietor: $4000/side for a Goodman but he would work with me to replace both sides. 

If you don't need the cash flow, and the property breaks even in the current market, then you're really just speculating, and if you have the money to speculate it may not matter one way or the other, much like it may not matter if you go to Vegas and blow a grand at the casino if you have the grand to blow. 

Saying that about Dodge takes a lot - they've come a ways since the casino was put in.Anyways I went on a tangent - but do your homework and check out the short term rental market - maybe buy a duplex and use the other half as a short term rental or a small apt complex if you can afford it near the university. 

@Ian Kurela sounds good man, thanks for the reply!

If you trade on emotion, then you are simply going to the casino, nothing more. 

A new Goodman probably comes with a 10 year warranty vs. a Lennox that has only half its life left.

Try to get into the part of Everett near the casino or just outside of it.

I bought Goodman brand.  

That is like telling people they can go down to any Casino and win 99 out of 100 times if you only follow their strategy.

We've been up to the area a few times, a lot to take in, different areas, colleges, hospitals, and the casino's.