And quite frankly, there might not be a benefit of refinancing for a while.  

Expensive markets are often desirable because many people want to live there, driving up demand and prices.Reno, NV, for instance, is a market that benefits from diversified employment sectors, including tech manufacturing, hospitality, and recreation.

They will mostly just split their occupancy rates on multiple platforms without getting too much benefits out of it. 

If you plan to own real estate for a lifetime, this can be a huge benefit to your heirs. 

Your wife as conservator/guardian has an obligation to her mother and selling the property to herself creates a conflict of interest in that she stands to benefit as the buyer and is also making decisions for someone else as the seller.2.

Originally posted by @Kevin Collins:@Ricardo R.From my experience so far it looks like the benefit of turnkey from REI is purely on the property management side (also tbd as they’ve yet to manage it). 

Significant benefits are the marketing and management. 

To list a few...Anyone who wants to increase their property’s income potential (and equity) and build new housing in a market that struggles with high prices, low supply, and few new construction.House hackers who live in their primary and want to airbnb an ADU love this strategy or vice versaInvestors who want to do both long term and short term benefit from having two separate units.Rental Restrictions on ADUs.Thankfully, Raleigh is very STR friendly and ADU friendly right now.

The meet up I went to a number of times in San Antonio was more for the benefit of the owner of the meet up.

You’re already getting the tax benefit, so I wouldn’t feel the need to roll the gains into more real estate.