Would be helpful what city you are looking at, but you could see if STR, MTR, or rent by the room are viable options to increase that rental amount.

Is it wiser  to hold the good rate or have two properties  increasing in value ?

This means you are increasing your net worth faster than if you go to a less expensive area. 

The initial returns are lower on paper in better locations (lower cap rate, less initial cashflow according to the magic spreadsheet), but the overall returns in reality are much better including all the different ways people make money in real estate (gained equity through natural and forced appreciation, principle pay-down, increasing rents= higher cash flow when looking at the big picture if you buy and hold, depreciation tax benefits, plus way less of the big profit killers like turnover, non-paying tenants, property damage and theft, dealing with bad contractors because good ones don’t choose to work in bad areas either, etc.). 

All that said, depending on how low your adjusted tax basis is, having a taxable sale would be extremely costly. 

What is everyone's experience with this regarding the due on sale clause once lenders are notified?

I am negotiating with the bank on a short sale and they will not let me use our own title company....Has anyone worked with Golden Eagle Title before in Cleveland Ohio?

I suspect their criteria increased to re-alight with risk. 

Affordable purchase prices, good spreads, good 2- 4 unit inventory, nice appreciation, active sales markets.

Hello everyone, hope all are well, I'd appreciate insight on a question- if I take bonus depreciation after a cost segregation study in a year, then do STR and it's just not for me, can I then convert to long term leases the next year and still benefit from the deduction in year one or is that owed back somehow (other than recapture at time of sale) Thanks!