Peak and off peak shouldn’t be a 6% difference, it should be closer to a 50% discount.

Depending on what the interest rates are and if you can get a discount on new vs. used it may make sense but most likely not. 

Purchase price: $8,500,000 Cash invested: $3,450,000 Off-Market Acquisition Overview This property was acquired from a motivated seller at a 20%+ discount to market value.

The easiest and straight forward option would be, as you said, to sell the current residence, payoff the HELOC (or most of it) and then get back to saving with your jobs and the rental cashflow.

Buy at a minimum 10% discount so you can sell if you hate it.

If you can secure a decent discount then you could hit .9-1%.

For replacement canoes that got damaged by straight line winds.

I have a discount on my site if you are interested.

If we were to split like this on our current development, our engineers would collect 25 to 35 times as much as we paid them on a straight up fixed cost contract. 

@Ben Berg with renting rates, roommates or a straight rental, you always look at comps, or comparable homes.