Would like to keep the property for down the road, but realizing I might be better off to get a place in town with more space and try to turn this place into an investment property for the time being instead.

So if you are selling for $500k and want to purchase two properties for $250k, that would be perfectly fine.

I would consider investing in stocks and index funds to be passive.

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Or the dollar devalues, to be more precise.  

I understand the cost of having to separate meters and purchasing additional water heaters and such will be hefty.

I use the netgear night hawk that has worked very well with xfinity 

From what I've read in the Wall Street Journal, Austin's push to increase zoning for multifamily developments seems to be making a real difference.

She’s for real estate (I think market is over inflated) but in the past we use it for rainy day fund vs holding $ for repairs as well as acquiring property via cash to rehab and sell.Regarding equity shares I would read the fine print as from what I have read you basically are selling your sole to those companies for a small payout to start but giving up a ton of equity

The rental income will be over $5,000 per month.