The upside positives are slight increase in rents, flipping electric & heat back to tenants, renting out the 8 storage units.The future rents , with increase, stays in line not to overprice..... compared to home ownership.The property is well in the 1% rule.

A buy and hold strategy could be perfect for some investors yet they will not see a 10% increase in their cash position each year.

I think it doesn't make much difference as long as you have positive cash flow unless you are looking for future appreciations. 

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I look for articles that show positive population growth.

Make sure you are the 1st lien position on this property.  

We want to take the profits and buy apartments that we can re-position and use the cash flow for passive income.

When I mean small I’m talking 15-25 k in a high equity position. 

I have one potential tenant who wants 3 out of the 4 offices and a few other possibilities lined up who might be interested in the 4th.Here are some factors to the decision:My ultimate goal is to buy and hold properties for a long period of time so that once they are paid off, this will be my retirement income (I'm currently 35).While I have a positive cashflow on my first property, I don't have a lot saved up at this point that I could put towards a downpayment for the second property.I talked to a banker who, based on my current finances, would finance 100% of the property, 5 or 10 year loan, 4.5%, amortized either 20 or 25 years.So...from my perspective that looks like $0 down other than closing costs, and tenants lined up who are interested in the office.One problem is that given the asking price, and what the monthly mortgage + operating costs would be, the rents for the 4 offices would be 20-25% higher than the market rate.The potential tenant who is interested in the 3 offices is willing to pay that because there are some unique characteristics that they are specifically looking for that would be hard to find somewhere else.Let's say that tenant is willing to sign a 5 year lease initially.

If they did, I'm willing to take that risk because I'm confident in my ability to argue my position, my local judge is pretty fair and reasonable, and I can eat the cost if I lose.Your mileage may vary.