Cleveland is a hot rental investing market due to the lower price points and higher rent/price ratios. 

Smaller budgets will need a higher percentage.

If you want cashflow.. look for markets with low entry prices and higher rent averages.

Or pricing is higher than the project can handle.

For example, in 2022, about 500,000 people left Florida, but the state still gained a net total of around 500,000 residents due to higher numbers of people moving in, particularly from states like New York, California, and Texas.

Investment also spiked in Class A Short-Term Rentals (STR) and investors started paying higher and higher prices based upon anticipated STR rental rates, that exceeded sustainability based upon Long-Term Rental rates (LTR).

Laud area-Cash flow is minimal, $300 a month-Selling now would allow opening up of equity to redeploy in another market with over 2x the cash flow for a new build-New market won't appreciate as much as FL though (not even close)-Current home will likely get hit with higher taxes, insurance etc. in coming year and years to come-Biggest reason to consider just keeping current property?

If the seller already countered higher, what are you hoping to get out of coming back even lower?

This way, you could perform a cost segregation study this year and benefit from a higher bonus depreciation rate of 60% for 2024.

But if your goal is rapid expansion, keeping that extra cash to invest in more properties might be more beneficial for scaling.If you're able to grow at 3-4 SFH per year, putting the extra money into expanding your portfolio could generate higher returns overall compared to paying off the loans early.