This is a dumbed down math, but if you PITI is $126 higher but you're getting $16,626 more, it would take a long time until you break even and you'd probably be refinanced by then.

While it may pencil out on paper to do one option over the other using simple math I would urge you to think big picture as well.

Best of luck, If you have done the math and it is a good deal it will work out fine.  

STR - higher risk, potentially higher returns, more volatile LTR - more stable returns, smaller returnsBoth have good tax benefitsSTR are becoming very saturated so I am hearing the math on them doesn't make too much sense either. 

If you do the math on after-tax cashflow, there is a strong case for leverage.Returns aside, leverage is a deterrent against frivolous lawsuits and title scams.

yup napkin math..

Get rid of all the technical Math discussion on the house, I don't care about Fibonacci or the Coefficient of Expansion if that was included. 

The math on this is simple as others have alluded to.

Calculate the size of front and back, then do the math.

We are a closed group, not open for anyone wanting to join...Some math is pretty universal though - Let's take a home in your "sweet spot" range - ARV of 700k.