I have a Master's degree in historic preservation from USC.

The risk here is that you may be buying into the height of the market, so you may not be that much better off in terms of preserving your equity unless you get a good deal in a smart location. 3.)

Basically, tax deductions help you preserve your cash returns, and appreciation and principal pay down get you to a point where you can borrow against your increased equity in the property so that you can purchase another one.

It depends on if you are in wealth preservation mode or wealth creation. 

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Trying to preserve my cash, so contacted hard money lender....2.5% origination, 10% annual, paid monthly, no pre pay penalties.  

Since the house was built in 1935 it had to go through historical preservation review.

Afterwards I will move, whereupon the home will now be a nice hedge against inflation, with the aim of capital preservation.

I'm just trying to preserve any of my money that I can against the Heat happy landlord.ThanksJason

The 30-60k profit would have had significantly less long term value than preserving the gains, along with getting principle pay down, cash flow and also slowly build up more annuities.