Thanks for the insight, HML can be costly and out of pocket can put a strain on your re-hab money. 

We rotate colors every now and again but stay with satin finish.

Also one more thing, think about how a strain it would be on your relationship if your generous gesture ends up being a money pit for you...

Although, I have an amazing, albeit expensive, property management team and a have accounted for the higher expenses in my due diligence so hopefully that will reduce some of the strain. 

They are mostly professionals and students coming into the area for an internship, rotation (medical students, PA students, other healthcare professions), moving to the area, or are here on buisness.

You need to have a stockpile of them so you can rotate them out once they start to get all smelly and gross.I don't use "financial independence" as a why.

Without experience in this field, you can't be sure that the numbers you were given are accurate (real estate agents are notorious for padding the numbers), so it could also put a financial strain on you.  

When things get tough, and they do from time to time, the strain on these valuable relationships is just not worth the money.

You'd hate to put an undue strain on the early days of your marriage because you're living in a constant construction zone!

We have certain metrics we look at, job growth, population and household growth, # major employers, tax friendly and business friendly markets, favorable landlord laws, are just a few.The trend will stop when rates rise and or money decides to rotate into another sector.