Hello Everyone - Thank you for taking the time in advance to assist me with your input and perspective on a potential buy.

For the NYC market perspective, the owner financing terms sound awesome! 

If similar homes with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms fetch higher prices than 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with the same square footage, then there should be an increase in value.I agree with Bruce's perspective in many cases.

Quote from @Matthew Shedd: BP Braintrust,I’m looking for some insights/perspectives on DST ORalternatives.

My career started in City Planning and I am now viewing that planning work through my real estate investor eyes, realizing that I never applied an investor's perspective into my work, let alone Real Estate Developers.

Many more questions to be asked , but those are the basics .To put this into some perspective , Baltimore has a population of about 650,000 .

From a tax perspective...

Thanks for your input and perspective.

But don't lose the business perspective while chasing tax benefits.

From a tenant's perspective, they could be looking for stability (the optimistic option) or a deal (the pessimistic option).