What would you do in this case? Buy or rent

[Wasim Yelmiz]

Hello, I will make this as short as possible.

My current lease ends at the end of the year. I own 2 properties that I am flipping (fully cash), both should be on the market soon and I expect to have one of them sold by November. I would have to sell at least one in order to pay off some debt and increase my credit score so that I can purchase a house (most likely a condo). I also have a property that I am financing, parents live there and pay for mortgage and all expenses.

So now I have 2 options and I am a bit lost on what to do:

1) Wait to sell one of my flips, then buy a condo to live in (put down 20%) - I may not be able to get the condo right in time before my lease ends so would have to figure out my living for a month or 2.

2) Extend my rent for another year and keep working with the capital I have

3) Buy a condo cash, wait 6 months and cash out from it (that would freeze a lot of capital for me)