If it is stabilized, CoC will look better in Year 1 but won't increase as much over time. 

I don't think it is worth it to love away from your family for a year just to get a deal with a low down payment.

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The greater metro area’s median home price increased by a more modest 1.1% to $466,998 over that same period.

As Ben mentioned, if you can reduce your living expenses while paying down mortgage and getting appreciation, then you are probably greatly impacting your net-worth.  

Hi Wilson, I'm using Guesty for Hosts now, but's a low-end, dated solution that's, increasingly, being positioned as an on-ramp to a higher-cost Guesty for Pros upsell. 

This is the first time I heard the refinance cost deductions are not spread out via increasing via increasing the basis aka the loan amount/purchase price.

Again, the issues here would be if those properties were structured incorrectly or filed incorrectly....but I think it would certainly be worth having a conversation with a different lender about it.

Can rents be increased or are they at market? 

Will it increase the rent price?