Currently looking to move to townhouse in ATL with parents. We have a paid off house in the suburbs and are looking at $550k for a townhome but would be able to rent out our house for ~$2500. This seems feasible since the rent could pay our new mortgage but property taxes are a bit scary. We would be looking at $7k per year on the townhome and $6k per year on our house. We make $240k combined (pre tax) and won’t have very much savings after the downpayment (~50k). Is this a good idea/investment?

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