Value and rents should eventually increase to turn cashflow positive and build your wealth.You're next learning experience will be, now that you are out of day-to-day management, how will you be able to handle the inevitable expense challenges?

If you have any experience with real estate in the greater Charleston area, I’d greatly appreciate your feedback and insights.

These properties are generally in high demand, but on a positive there will be drastically less new inventory of competing rental properties. 

I am in a pretty similar position. 

@Robert StephensonYou’re in a great position!

This is why I am here and love the real world experiences and feedbacks.

Has anyone on this thread with positive review from 4 years ago still using booking.com?

You and your wife are considering a move to be closer to her parents in Scottsdale.The largest source of liquidity for you is the equity in your home at 1M and you have a 4% mortgage and it will cashflow positive if you rent your home in Seattle.Your question is should your sell your house in Seattle or rent it. 

That being said, it can be the most satisfying and cash-flow-positive business around. 

Columbus is definitely a solid area for MF and duplex properties with positive cashflow and appreciation potential.