However with MACRS, the earlier years are still more heavily weighted than the later years. 

I'd recommend going more north West Palm Beach area is growing rapidly, has a brightline station & has announced some significant devlopments over the the next several years that are very appealing to draw more people students etc.   

You have more weight and you are a more important client.

The rapid growth of the economy has been continuous especially with so many companies moving out here like Google, Meta, Intel, Honda, etc.

Inflation: While real estate is often seen as a hedge against inflation, the rapid increase in costs for materials and labor has made new developments and renovations more expensive, squeezing profit margins.3.

@Caleb Raymaker there's not a lot of OOS investors looking at Bay City, Flint or Saginaw.Decent amount looking at Traverse City area.Detroit and Grand Rapids get most of the attention.

Try to take a long-term view—it usually helps remove the emotional weight and allows you to think more clearly about the problem.

The 8 to 10% is worth its weight in gold. 

Knowing my end goal is to move to another state (Sperryville or Staunton, VA) and 3-4ish hours away to start a small hobby farm, does it make sense to pay off these properties rapidly in the next 5-6 years so that I have a total clean slate from a lending perspective in order to finance the land, house, and buildings, or does it not matter?

@Mark Pruitt We almost exclusively use River Ridge Escrow in Cedar Rapids, closer Melissa.