What is really happening in the market are buyers are offering higher expecting the home not to appraise then expecting the seller to drop the price because as mentioned above buyers don't want to pay above appraisal price.

You can have a low-tax or even tax-free cash flow from renting, and often you can have tax losses that would reduce taxes on your salary.These benefits start getting squeezed out when your income is above $100k, but they still exist.What @Yonah Weiss mentioned is an advanced loophole for people with high income, however you will not be able to use it as long as you have a full-time job. 

Not to mention all the other areas where you are getting "uneven" numbers. 

I'm personally not a fan of the mentioned tactic, and frankly it has given real estate investors in my area a bad name. 

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.

Check your title insurance and see if their is any mention there.5 Check the county for liens against the property that have been satisfied.6.

I would definitely recommend the same thing mentioned by @Dennis M.