Your questions about hard pull on credit score.... this is part of the game, you will suffer a small dip because of the hard pull.

There are a lot of brand new voucher holders without prior rental experience, that are unemployed and do not know how to care for a house, and also have disregard for things they get completely free of charge, 2) quicker turnover - sometimes after 2 years in the Opportunity area, some of them want to move to another area closer to family, 3) Landlord wont get paid HAP for 2 months after move-in; 4) staffing changes and outsourced inspection are causing staff to make mistakes when processing RTAs and recently suffered new move-in approval delays. 

You can plant the seed in his mind at this point.

I'm excited for you to plant a flag here in the windy city. 

Intel is investing $20 billion to build chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, which is projected to create 30,000 new jobs.

However, I am thinking it is a better play to sell, get back most of my capital, suffer a small/minimal loss, and reinvest the cash into a different, faster appreciating market. 

Even though interest rates are higher than the last few years, I'm seeing great opportunity around Jax to plant some new investment seeds and I think the equity in your beach home could be a great source to scale up some additional investment properties. 

If you're buying existing product, the competition will be tougher and the value of your home (as detailed below) will likely suffer as the Porter market continues to be flooded with new SFH supply.

This has just been addressed to some extent but overall we still suffer from being one of the highest rates of claims anywhere in the country.

Its beautiful, but make sure you do your homework when looking at beach front out there as some areas are suffering severe beach erosion.