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Updated 6 months ago, 07/02/2024

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Austin Fowler
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  • New to Real Estate
  • Pocatello, ID
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Help deciding whether to sell or keep. Please advise.

Austin Fowler
Pro Member
  • New to Real Estate
  • Pocatello, ID
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Hello all. I have owned a duplex since 2021 and have lived in one half and rented the other. I have ~$100k in equity and have a 3.2% interest rate. Mortgage is $1700, other unit is rented for $1250 but could be rented for $1500. The unit I am moving out of can rent for $1700. Those figures are based on market data and info I received from a property manager who toured the property. I am a block away from a university.

Here is the dilema. I have $50K in debt with a payment of about $1220 in a consolidation loan that will be payed off in 3 years. If I sell, I pay off the debt, lose the asset, and have no more monthly income from the property but I would be DEBT FREE, which is very enticing. On the flip side, if I keep the property and rent for the above values, I would be paying off the debt every month from the income, essentially making me debt free due to the payments being covered, and I keep the asset, which will start cash flowing a lot once debt is gone. 

I have moved out and could literally put a tenant upstairs NOW.

What would YOU do?     

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