Maintenance and potential repairs will also require a long-term financial plan and setting aside a contingency fund for such expenses.The steady cash flow, appreciation over time, and tax benefits can make a meaningful difference to your wealth in the long term, especially with the principal paydown on the mortgage.However, if managing the property from a distance feels too burdensome, or if you’d prefer the certainty and flexibility that comes with having less debt (especially given the high mortgage rates), selling and using the $100,000 in equity to reduce your loan for your next home may be the smarter move.

I am bumping into more and more people that I consider fairly high achievers that seem to have someone coaching them to do better as well.

Of course this is on the high end of what I have seen in Oregon we can usually get to the same place for 100 to 200k..

One of their so called instructors from one of the training sessions asks the students to go to the five star hotels, or go play golf, or go horse riding, or go hang out at the high end night clubs for the sake of fund raising.

If we're going to just talk in hypotheticals, of course anything is probably possible anywhere but highly unlikely. 

Indeed - I see bright future for North Carolina as a whole and for all major population centers like Charlotte metro, Research Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) and the Piedmont Triad region (Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point).

These homes may be dated, but they can be decorated to a high standard.

Traveling for middle school and high school is easier because you can give your kid more freedom around the city.

Quote from @Owen Wang: I am 17 years old and will graduate high school next year.

For cash flow, I'd recommend checking out the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point) or Fayetteville in NC and Sumter and Florence in SC.