As a long term hold in the neighborhood I think you are golden. 

v=aNvrHjz39bUSimon Sinek - Start with Why (The Golden Circle)https://www.youtube.com/watch?

And I miss it, I retired as of January 1st officially so my wife of 55 years and I can spend the day getting through our medical problems together, Golden Years, BS, that term was invented by the medical community to describe the years our gold is transferred to them. 

 Account Closed , I will start turning over the rocks to find that golden nugget.

@Sean Hannon ill give you a few takes - What someone said above is right - If your paying less in rent, your golden, building equity, you have a ton of write offs with owning the home like depreciation and the interest....and at the end of the day, if you would look at that apartment and be excited to pay 350 a mo to live in it, and when you move out your making 9-10% cap, its golden.

I have been debating what to do with the golden oak trim and cabinets.

If you fork over very little or none of your money and you get a house/equity/positive cash flow, then you're golden in my book.of course you want to get it for the lowest price possible, but if it truly is a good long term deal, then don't focus on that. sharing the wealth should be a good thing.1) make sure there is no penalty for paying it off early, so you could pay it off as fast as possible and not have to pay all the interest.

I got the bug for REI from my previous employer who was a large investor and seemed like everything he touched was golden.

That's why I'm asking how y'all have done it before and any advice would be golden

Golden Tip and Proof it all works.