Well, I'm not gonna beat you to leave you sitting there in pain.

Doing something faster doesn't mean increasing SPEED!

But they growth faster, straighter, and have less limbs.

Decatur: +1.2%)- Last 5 years: 77.0% (Annualized difference: +2.8%)- Last 10 years: 88.4% (Annualized difference: +1.3%)So the housing stock in Huntsville appreciates slightly faster, but I’d say the data shows that Decatur can work for both cash flow and appreciation-oriented investors.

See this BP blog for a numbers comparison - More Units Doesn’t Mean More Money—Why a Single-Family Home Can Beat a Fourplex.Stay focused on your goal, financial freedom; not following popular dogma.

  #5: Invest the money you'd be spending on rental properties into the business you already own, creating greater profits than any of the previous 4 scenarios.I don't know what kind of business you have, but *in general* money invested in a profitable business is going to beat anything on "passive" real estate.

As long as your project complies with local zoning and design standards, you can expect faster approvals.4.

Are costs increasing faster than profits?)

Running my numbers, I would be at $255k for an offer.

Sounds like their combined income likely beats your other tenants.Your gut is probably your best bet and you need to go with it.