I have a swearing problem irl so I ' m censoring myself on the internet so I don ' t get too used to swearing . <| sep |> You seem like you ' ve got your head on your shoulders about this . It also seems like you ' ve got a decent rental property to hang onto if you ' re renting assumptions are correct and you ' d be able to rent it out fairly easily and live in a college town . My suggestion would be to think about whether or not you really want to get into the real estateland lord business . If you ' re not super into it and committed , might just want to sell the condo and get your own place cause it can be a lot of work . If you do want to get into real estate , you ' re on the right track and already have a great property . Personally , I would try and rent out the two other bedrooms while you live in the condo to see what you can get for rent just so you don ' t move out expecting to get tenants and end up with nothing but an empty condo for months . That way you ' re getting your feet wet in becoming a land lord and are getting the other two people to essentially pay off your mortgage while you live there for free . You wouldn ' t have to do this for an extended period of time but might be beneficial while you learn the basics . Even if you really want to move out based on those numbers you ' ve got a great cash flowing property . If you ' re really looking to move out , I would still stay closer to your job . 3 hour commute two days a week is a lot and it sounds like you ' ve got a good job and I would want to be as close to that as possible . Lets say you move to the city closer to your friends instead of living where you ' re at 5 minutes away from work . You ' re travelling a min of 6 hours per week to and from work . If you stay , you ' re only driving for 30 min per week and can still visit your friends on weekends which would also be 4 . 5 hours if you visited every weekend which you likely wouldn ' t do . Just my initial thoughts but it really depends on what you value the most as becoming a LL will also cut out of your social life a little bit .