Moving a little further out can provide much better ROI in a lot of cases.The other benefit is more flexible and accommodating laws.

The broker, your mentor, and you all benefit from your success.  

Depending on how long you owed it, how long you have rented it, and how much longer you will keep it, you may be giving up a substantial tax benefit.

I also give BP members a benefit.  

I'm going to get my Real Estate license just to gain knowledge and possibly access and benefits for property searching etc, but mostly for knowledge.I've also owned my own contractor business in the past, so that might help in finding a deal or not so much of a deal (lemon), but do not want to get into rehabs, etc...just investing.If there are any meetings/groups in the area I'd love to come out and become part of the network.  

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

When the banks spend money on these assets, they are given tax benefits for doing so. 

In sum, more "good government" driving up the cost of living on the poor and middle classes, to the benefit of the ruling class.  

Also, I like to stay local - the benefit of being able to walk to a rental makes it more valuable to me. 

And you get the benefit of having over 100 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.