I am happy that I made the decision.

You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.

Most importantly, how can I set realistic, effective metrics to guide my investment decisions?

Painting this future image will connect your investment decisions with your goals.

I respect and support you and your decision.

It will also allow you to focus more of your time and resources in the actual real estate vs. raising capital which usually leads to poor real estate acquisition and operational decisions because raising capital is your full time job leaving an inadequate amount of time for the real estate.OK, chasing 32unit apartments, acquisition priced between 3.2M - 4.8M.  

Our standard language states:In the event that Tenants decide they no longer want to live together, ___________ will be considered the primary Tenant to make decisions about modifying or terminating tenancy.

Pending redemption requests will remain in queue until the Company recommences the redemption program.The Board intends to reassess this decision to determine whether to recommence the redemption program no later than January 1, 2025." 

I am unable to make a concrete decision until April-May anyway.

It sounds like you've gotten some solid direction above, but a few flags stood out to me in the above discussions and I wanted to point them out to help make your decision.- You mentioned this sale is tax free 121 exclusion, which is great, and seems like a solid start to your goal.- The townhouse you're moving into is currently a rental, but you plan to live there two years for the 121 exclusion.