You could probably afford $20,000 without much impact on your budget.

It looks like the school referendum will have some impact on property taxes, but the decision to increase rents should not depend on your cost, but on how far you are way from market rent.

The shorter the prepayment term has an impact on increasing the rate.4.

Also, since you rely on this income, you likely aren't prepared to weather VERY negative situations such that they could have a significant personal impact on your own personal financial situation. 3.

If you get down to where you are thinking, "We might only own this for 2 years" those expenses don't get divided up by many months and could impact the analysis of what is smarter to do... because you will probably pay double those fees when you sell it.  

Once my house is fixed it is going to cause an issue for my neighbors house and potentially the next house after that.I am hoping that they will realize that this impacts the entire block and not just my house... 

The special allocations must have "substantial economic effect" (essentially meaning that cash flow to that partner could be impacted somewhere down the line by the allocation) When you start getting into partnership tax law and special allocations it is probably a good time to loop in an attorney and/or tax pro.

For you, if you’re making great money and you’ve already sold your home, I imagine that you will be looking at top home prices, which makes it even more sense to do one of these strategies, because most higher priced homes are the ones comes with higher mortgages and a 1/4 reduction in rate makes an impactful savings.

If none of their leased space or area is being impacted then I don't think you are triggering any change to the enjoyment of the space they leased. 

Demand/supply curve impact's this BUT it does not over-ride this, demand/supply impact variations, amplitude to the changes.