One exception that I have seen over the years has been with my fellow service men and women.

A reassessment often can mean thousands of dollars additional a year in taxes, which is paid year-over-year into the future. 

When I first started doing research I was looking for the perfect platform where I was really over architecting my personal need.  

However, for a rental property we may feel differently as it is an investment and not the roof over our head.

They have provided us with actual data quantifying how much a certain amenity adds to your short-term rental revenues.I tell all my STR investors/second-home buyers in Colorado to get a hot tub, for instance, but while I know you do better, it's been hard to put numbers to it.AirDNA's March report has tried to tell us how much more revenue a home with X amenity gets over a home without X amenity.

Many investors who want a leg up over other offers will do this.

Know that lawyers are expensive for both of you though, and they are happy to spend your money at $400/hr or whatever.  

That's how people get over-leveraged and into trouble.If you want to invest, do it the old-fashioned way: increase earnings, reduce expenses, save, then invest.

I understand the appreciation in Charleston over the last year was 9.8% so does that change the other pieces?

I believe the price fluctuation over the last decade has been 10% +/-.