However, with the recent shift in the market, this metric should be placed in proper context.

If keeping it makes sense to refi out up to 75% of that money at the current value with low debt and re-invest for a higher gain elsewhere or 1031 all of it and move into another property entirely.If you just leave the equity there and do not refi or sell then when the market appreciation shifts again you will have lost equity until you wait for the next cycle run up again.

We have shifted to electric water heaters (no venting required in city areas so saves a major headache) and electric stoves (just less gas in the house and safer) when we do large remodels or new construction. 

In a popular real estate investors forum, I posted about the shift to the 1-person-household being the dominant household size.

You can shift the interest to your investments PNL and work with our accountant to insure you get the full write off. 

In 2003 Redfin and other reporting groups announced that the single-person household became the dominant household. This means more people are living alone than at any other time.
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I definitely believe that returns are higher and deals more plentiful for people willing to put in a shift, but I'm not that guy. 

Really seeing a lot of people have success shifting towards the MTR strategy from STRs this year

By heavily emphasizing location through careful research and selection, we give ourselves multiple options to pivot to over the years as the industry and environment shifts. 

I work as a realtor and night shift at a hospital as a respiratory therapist, I don't have my own family.