[quote=FormerSanDiegan]The rent you pay will track the rent you charge… so the amount you pay will remain fixed. At some point.in the future the interest and other costs will.be less than the standard deduction and you might actually come out ahead.[/quote]
I don’t think it always work out that way. If you have a good tenant, you definitely don’t want to raise their rent while they’re in there, at least while rent are rising slowly. It’ll cost you more to clean up and find another tenant and lost rent during the time in between. While on the other end, you’re at the mercy of your landlord. If you have a landlord who want to raise your rent, you have no choice but to obey, or you can move and still pay market rent. If your landlord doesn’t do proper repairs and you end up moving, you’d have to pay market rent as well.