You're sacrificing long term goals for short term gratification. 99% of RE investors start while having a W2 job, and the better paying the W2 job, the better chance of success you'll have in RE investing.

Are you ok sacrificing cash flow with appreciation.

My lease says something like:Tenant may terminate lease for any reason with 60 days notice and by sacrificing security deposit as a turnover fee.  

My wife had sacrificed a lot leaving her family in South America to move around multiple times while I deployed with the Marines.

First off, Happy Veteran's day weekend, thank you to all who have served something greater than themselves and sacrificed.

I am trying to quantify from a tax perspective what exactly I am sacrificing if I rent my existing primary and sell it after a year or two rather than just selling it now. 

You can probably emphasize and negotiate more on terms, without sacrificing too much money

I’ve gotten to live my dream of being home with my children, and so if I can help him achieve goals he’s set while he’s sacrificed to take on the sole support of our family, I’m all in.

After graduation I got a job in commercial finance- but chose to keep serving tables at night for a year and half because I was motivated to save for my first real estate investment, this was an easy way to stash away an extra $1500-$2500/month just by sacrificing some nights and weekends.  

I would opine though, that sacrificing some appreciation down the road is less painful than pulling cash out of your pocket today.Yeah, it's not the right approach, but in this case, the decision to defer the electrical upgrade is more about dealing with my failure to accurately estimate rehab costs than penny pinching.