Thats $7700 a year NOT including my accountant/Tax prep. 

Another common practice for nationally sparse datasets such as tax data is aggregation.

A HYSA pays 4.5-5%(before rates went down) pre-tax, 3% net tax if you're a high earner. 

On property number one, I would cash flow $750 a month after mortgage, taxes, and insurance if I also rent out the unit I live in.

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Selling and buying something else you want keep and doing a cost seg in would help with the tax burden probably better in this situation.

The property was rented and generated $160 cash flow after mortgage, taxes, insurance and property management fees were paid.

It is what is left after snow removal, cutting the grass, utilities, tenant issues, parking lot issues, property taxes, mortgage payment, etc. that make a difference.

3) Your $250k with 30% down => about $750k (you also need funds for closing costs, taxes, etc.)

(It doesn’t pay its own taxes.