Inflation for one. 

Keep in mind that rents are also up and many are looking in low long-term mortgage rates as a hedge against inflation.

Absolutely, the FED has printed so much money we have seen assets inflate across the board.

@Dan Bottiglieri Let me also add that I would round that $41.66 up to $45-$50/month to be conservative and account for inflation.

Also given our economic climate with COVID-19, low inventory, and inflation, we could sell the property and make about 70-100K.

Usually I would always want to expand my portfolio but in today's market of inflated sale prices I think it may be better to pay off my higher interest loans.

Its really hard to find properties that cash flow well due to the crazy "california" inflation.

Owning real assets is the best hedge against inflation. 

The trend I see happening in our reddit-mania times is that if a city makes a "top" list you've got some short(ish) amount of time before the returns that originally made that city hit the list are inflated away.Instead, I'd recommend watching the subtle moves of our economies and noted who the weather losers and winners are over the next 12 months.

You have other benefits as stated ... principle reduction [easy to calculate], appreciation [you can assume], and perhaps best of all -- inflation hedge.