To beat 5.25% mortgage rate....the corresponding, offsetting stock market return would be at least double that...To answer your question requires (1) knowing what risk adjusted return you will be able to earn in the future (2) knowing what interest rates will do in the future.  

Tenants can request faster repairs if the issue is urgent and poses a health or safety risk.

Yes of course its price can be more volatile and can go down faster than real estate would but long term it appreciates and pays every month.Curious on BP communities thoughts..

We are in the last month of 2024 and usually in December and around January through March properties tend to pop up faster. 

Being able to shuffle leads from MTR to MTR is a huge bonus and you can benefit from the economies of scale faster. 

Nobody watches your money like you do, you'll learn how to manage, so you can manage a manager later and you'll save precious early-years cash flow, which allows you to scale faster, especially in the first 5 years.

Austin was appreciating faster than non-tech cities.

Emphasize Walkability and Transit AccessProperties near CTA train lines or buses rent faster.

But that extra $7200/year will go a long way in paying down your loan faster, build up another downpayment fund, pay off other debt, etc. 

It's lower than 1.5%, sometimes I price deals out conventional & DSCR, DSCR beats conventional pricing a fair amount of the time.The only catch is the prepayment penalty on a DSCR loan.