Your house out should be looked at as any other investment- unless you are emotionally attached to it and plan to move back some day?

Also would you personally manage the rental property?

Selling it and taking out equity allows many more investment options- heck you could buy Bitcoin with it and maybe make twice as much as you would from renting out that house 🤷🏻‍♂️. But those are investments risks you need to decided on.

Also depends if you qualify to buy another house closer to work without selling? What would the interest rate be? Would other investments beat that rate?