One caution when using crypto to acquire property is being aware the tax ramifications are identical to if you converted to cash first.

The 1031 exchange rule to defer your tax is two part 1) reinvest all your proceeds and 2) purchase a property (or properties / DSTs/TICs) with an equal or greater market value.  

When you live in that duplex for 2 years and then sell you'll be able to take 50% of the profit tax free (the allocation for the side you lived in). 

Everyone has budgets and you are not in the luxury bracket where I would worry about young partiers etc.

Keep in mind that you get to depreciate these appliances on your taxes.

If you’re interested in investing in real estate, you can consider doing so with a Self-Directed IRA to defer taxes on capital gains until you actually withdraw the funds from your IRA.

Overall, the tax benefits and appreciation alone keep me interested in staying with it more than the cash flow itself. 

We have sold (tax free), kept as long term and/or short term rentals as well.

A couple developers we work with skip LIHTC and the tax credits and go the route of impact funds to help alongside other debt and sometimes equity. 

.- Rents staying flat while property taxes and insurance increase.- Unexpected expenses that eat into profits.For example, some investors who bought in 2022 at high interest rates expected strong rent growth to cover costs.