InDesign unpredictable spacing on top of text box.

Hello everyone. I have quite a frustrating problem that I'm assuming is an easy fix. InDesign is creating this empty space on top of my textbox depending where i place the box. In this case, I found the exact pixel position where when I move the box one px upward, it removes the space, but when I move it back down it adds the space. Any ideas what setting that might be and why is that useful? Right now it's only frustrating.
Note: This text is linked to another text box and nothing seems to change on the preceding text when this one has that space created.

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Now I understand what those buttons do and their usefulness.

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