Or simply the energy saving cost, the production value: my PV array produces 3600KWh on average annually, it should have at least 20 years left on nominal production, so on a straight line it would save $7,2K at a minimum, or considering the historical energy prices inflation with PSE of 10%, that would equate 21K.

Worry less about paying taxes now as taxes are historically low.

Their response to me has been that they are satisfied with a very low cash on cash return because it is better than they can get locally and because they consider a city like Seattle to be a safe place to invest as far as the government not seizing land, and because appreciation rates have been historically very good.

@Yonah Weiss I don’t have a degree but I would think that having knowledge of US history would be a benefit because one could find valuable historic properties that the average investor or person would overlook.

As @Marc Winter said, the City of Scranton itself has historically had some interesting political and legislation issues compared to its neighbors.

Our main focus has been small multi-family, and continuing to play a small role in the resurgence of these historically down-trodden neighborhoods.  

It historically has held up better than other investments through a recession. 

@Marilee Schueler, With the current historical low rates I would say waiting my be costly.

Much appreciated the inputs.We own these properties since February 2021, so not much of a historical record.

For a large property syndication, the banks prefer the LLC be brand new so that they do not have to worry about historical liability.Do they want to see history?