Best of luck, cheers

Additionally, your goals will play a big part in what you ultimately decide.

I call this playing moneyball in real estate. 

Couple tax related questions:1) A 1031 exchange would never come into play in this scenario since there's no actual 'sale' taking place. 2) If we did an actual sale instead of a transfer, could he use a 1031 exchange to pay off his RV and pay no capital gains on the difference between the sale price and the $88k he bought it for 30 years ago?

But not ethically or by law.It is possible that the seller instructed the agent to take the best offer above $XXX,XXX and not to play bidding games. 

I played around with various scenarios in interest rates and generally, I don't see negative cash flow until interest rates increase 3.5% in 5 yrs which is double today's offerings.

Cheers. 

I’m banking on the long term play hoping the city life in KC will deter some for the slower pace life.

Best of luck, cheers

Checked off a bucket list item Monday last week playing a round at Pebble Beach...it was awesome.