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. 

15,072 / 75,000 = 20.1% but that doesn't factor principle repayment and of course is this collection 3 year or 30 years.

I’d love to have real estate provide some financial freedom/flexibility and create a portfolio that I could eventually get my kids involved with and pass down to them, but I end up feeling frozen/stuck based on the factors above. 

Other factors like management experience, Collateral Value, and Loan-to-Value (LTV) can influence how lenient the lender is with rates, etc.

if there aren't any identical comps, or if they're 120, 140, 162, then you need professional assistance on determining it.you also have to factor in ALL your costs. 

Was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for the following: General Contracting Interior Designing Any info would be incredible!

AZ compliance on LLC is dependent on a number of factors including how many investment partners are in LLC.  ...

I think climate change is actually less of a factor than employment availability, cost of living and where people have personal ties. 

Once you factor that in, your small loss is actually a bigger loss once you need to do any repairs or upkeep. 

@Matthew Platon - I think there are a lot of unforeseen factors that could affect my decision.