I do have a property in mind.

Definitely join your local chapter of REIA (real estate investors association) or join one of the ones that are fully online (Columbus and Cincinnati).

Keeping this in mind can definitely help!

You also get peace of mind knowing it's done correctly, that you're not missing any deductions and that you won't get audited.Good luck. 

I’d love to learn from all of you, connect with like-minded people, and eventually achieve financial freedom together! 

Not sure if that is still legal or even translates in today's world of everything online but seemed like a good screening tool to me at the time. 

We are coming down to get a feel for some neighborhoods we've been looking at moving too and don't really have too much planned so I thought it would be a great time to connect with some lenders, investors, contractors, and liked mind individuals while I'm there!

There are a bunch of different figures associated with this decision, such as new interest rate, old interest rate, cash flow of new property etc, but I'm having a hard time getting my mind around how to analyze the decision mathematically.  

They are highly secretive however - no online presence under their names while being very tech-advanced, they also installed like seven cameras around the house perimeter.

Also keep in mind the location.