You could also take out equity if you want to keep the condo and use that for another investment, but I’d be careful about over-leveraging.

Timing your next investment is all about balancing risk and financial comfort—trust your instincts and run the numbers carefully.

I think it speaks volumes regarding your care to the situation the heir is involved in.

You have to be a serious individual that takes care business.

A couple great co-living options is STR by the room, Student housing, sober living, Senior care... 

Investing in the right neighborhoods can increase your odds of success.Also if you look at the appreciation rate in Cleveland and Dayton over the past 10 years its actually quite similar to the cities of Columbus.But I do see your point of being careful in "declining population cities".

The compliance on these can be tricky, tread carefully or work with experienced funds.4) Death - Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Be careful following the advice of strangers on the information superhighway.

The bank will make you leave 25% equity in the property - but you also still want the property to at least cash flow some - so be careful how much equity you pull out / new debt you take on.I would do a cost benefit analysis of what your actual gain is in cash-flow on buying a new property with a (currently) higher interest rate (if financing), versus just holding on to the current appreciated property and enjoying that cash flow.All the best!

@Deirdre Lizio like any business, you will encounter customers that:1) Appreciate great service and are willing to pay for it2) Appreciate great service, but are price sensitive3) Only care about the lowest price, yet unrealistically expect great service4) Multiple variations of the above...Unfortunately, the majority of us default to #3:(