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Updated over 6 years ago,
Advice on keeping or renting my condo
Hello! I'm looking for convincing reasons why I should rent or sell my current condo I live in (which I own completely) once I move out to the new house I just purchased
The new house (in Queens, NY) is worth 650k. The current condo i live in is valued at about 475k. I'm able to put down exactly 20% in down payment for the new house purchase.
Is it a better overall strategy to keep/rent out the condo which is expected to net me a yearly profit of about 11k after taxes and HOA common charges and simply take out a 520k a mortgage loan for the new house ?
or is it better to sell my condo and use the funds from the sale for the new house?
I calculated the amount of interest payments i'd pay the lender for the first year alone and it amounts to about 22k. This is obviously way more than the 11k i'd be getting from my condo rental income.