However, if you are thinking of buying and holding a property a specific period, like 5 years, then you need to estimate the value on exit and what cap rates might be in 5 years and estimating market value as NOI / Cap Rate in 5 Years is one way of doing that, so you need to understand what rates are in the market today and estimate what they'll be in the future if you're planning something other than buy and (indefinite) hold.

If she can claim something that would monetarily outweigh the pocket change for T.P. then she would feasibly be able to stay in our shared home indefinitely.  

If you just stipulated a time period then you could still end up with an investor buying, but by doing it that way maybe the notion is they can indefinitely freeze out most investors not buying all cash. 

Sure theyre names on the deed but they dont really "own" it and are fine with refinancing indefinitely. 

There’s a risk that our cash could be tied up indefinitely. 

Hi Hudson,While you could take the $30k and use that as a down payment on a single property, you would then have all that cash tied up indefinitely in that property until you sold it. 

Essential if they are a good tenant they can stay indefinitely and I can increase rent by 3.5% a year max.

@Justin Gottuso in definitely has grown.

It could extend indefinitely.

It also ignores the ability to "swap 'till you drop" and defer those CG taxes indefinitely.