Where the argument breaks down for most real estate investors is the "spike" appreciation that they are accustomed to reading about in Guru blogs and seeing on the coasts ALONG with the scale of investments available.  

Have you seen a massive price spike after a major event (like Florence and likely Michael, or Matthew a couple years ago?)

In that time, I've also built up over $200k in equity, so selling and realizing the gain and rolling into another investment is also an option.Again, the market has spiked a lot more in recent years.

.- If costs are high, send out a letter saying you noticed a spike and that you will be scheduling an inspection to look for issues with the property, like leaks. 

It’s not a no-brainer anymore but tbh none of the places I bought were spike-the-football, dance in the end-zone moments when I signed the papers.

That being said, I would see if you can get a handle on where exactly the spike in use came from and investigate all those leads. 

New Construction Starts could be hurting due to the tariffs ranging from 10 % to 25% which is expected to invariably spike construction costs, resulting in Organic rise in demand for Existing inventory and hence the Cap Rates.Thanks

Making about 19K more base salary so my W2 income would spike nicely.

If you feel that the bulk of the spike in value has already happened and that all of the development going on with eventually cause rental rates to soften, then selling would be the thing to do.

There will be guaranteed spike in house price there...We can use different research to decide location also...