WE took that 20k and bought a pure rental.

@Katie Andrews,Purely my opinion ...After all the discussion about who takes better care of what and who charges how much for what, it all comes to one question: What do YOU want for your life?

If you want to add in rent increases then it's likely that the appreciation home wins by an even larger margin given enough time.Investing purely for appreciation rates is speculative investing indeed.

@Jason Hirko  yes I respect the system he has put in place I think it is pure genius and I am sure that it is a good program but that is ALOT of money to be building someone elses brand

I may not be the ideal example but i think that more homes will be sold by owner in the future but that is my random prediction and i think you should buy a duplex near a technical university or a medical university to profit off the future generation but like i said purely random speculation...

I would buy it purely for the value in writing a compelling short story - it has everything: confederate geniuses, EMF cancer clusters, meth labs and perhaps a local police force that likes to shoot first. 

At the move-out date, he told me his gardener didn't have time to come, which looked like a pure excuse to me.

To me long term tenants are pure gold in REI.

In Tulsa, purely from an agent's perspective.

If it were purely a rental you could more easily look at what cash flows better but if you're going to live there for a few years, you should enjoy living there.