[latchkey]

I view time as money, so yes.

I'm not convinced you could flip it for a profit quickly (taking in capital gains) and like property... there is a history of sales. You'd have to wait a period of time (>1 years) before selling it again, you'd never really realize that 7.5%.

As a safe counter example, for less money, I bought a condo in a popular beach community with low inventory and a lot of short term rentals. In the last year the property value has increased by a solid 23%. I could have also rented it out for revenue.