Everyday mid-sized cities with growing populations have people traveling to them for all sorts of reasons.

Also, our property is 10x the size of most in the city at 1.75 acres.

Really competitive pricing, and their electricians are super knowledgeable and do great work.For HVAC, Standard Heating and AC have done quality work on an AC installation, as well as servicing multiple furnaces at my properties.I don't have a good rec on a plumber in the area - all of the outfits in the twin cities I've contacted that have more than 2 employees seem to not want to touch small/medium-sized jobs, and overbid pretty aggressively as a result.  

The first chart shows the estimated return on a 100k investment where 100k becomes 193kA couple of questions:1.

source_impr...Depending on your goals (using it for you and your family a few times a year and hoping it pays for itself, parking some cash for a few years and hoping for appreciation or strictly cash flow) will determine what size home and what your budget should be.

@Adriana Collado Hudak - As the comments illustrate, there is no "one size fits all" answer to this question. 

Central heat & air*I made this below chart based on this community shared knowledge (Thank you all).

The home has fallen into some disrepair, particularly the exterior, and needs about $70k worth of work, mainly given its size.

Banks certainly care about depository relationships and more specifically the size of those depository relationships.

Comps for appraisal disputes typically need to be more similar (size, condition, bed/bath count), more recent, and /or closer in location than the comps used.