I would suggest working with a tax professional who can walk you through the deduction and it's impacts. 

Yes, the interest rates will be higher all things considered they are very low still, and i have no idea what scale of acquisition you are doing so I can't judge the full impact. 

I hadn't thought about the impact of the credit check, thank you for telling me!  

I am not sure this will impact appraisal though.

No real impact to other units except some outside clutter (that we will address/remove).

Your argument for equity over cashflow has had an impact -- I'm all about LA now!

And I'm solving real estate problems and making an impact on the national lending landscape as well as the local real estate community.I get to create loan products for investors, products that I can (and do) use myself. 

I've seen bad assessments and management destroy peoples lives in retirement because they have no control and can't absorb the impact of bad HOA management.So I guess my vote would be to sell and look for higher NOI, passivity, and protection against any kind of market correction. 

If I get into a situation where I need to evict right away then that will impact the amount I am willing to pay...

Not sure what type of business you have or if that impacts it.