As soon as you get your money in cash it will start decreasing in value due to inflation.

I did speak to the assessor's office and unfortunately I do not believe I have a strong case for decreasing the taxes, at least not in the near future.

Check with the assessor in that area and see if it will reduce your assessment and, thus, your property taxes.In some places, concrete is considered "permanent" and is assessed higher than asphalt which is considered temporary. 

Whether you're retiring at 65 or 85, having access to tax free refinance proceeds and decreasing your cost of capital by 200 basis points is a no-brainer.

This will help you decrease the learning curve. 

Would love to hear what sites work best for everyone to simply to process and decrease vacancy rates.

The temporary drain is in the water next to the big pipe. 

If you are using your own cash to do the faster paydown, you are actually decreasing your IRR...and your cash flow...and, your cost.

Look at the difference in cash flow, realizing that as you decrease your CF, you are increasing your cost. 

Permits also decreased during the same time period by 10.8%.