Bought a house - ended up hating the area

[Kady DeWeese]

I just moved to Texas in January. Great house, great location but I utterly hate this state and the south in general and want out. I’ve only lived here 9 months. I bought it for 750k, owe 500, it’s showing a value of 990 due to the crazy Austin real estate market boom that happened a few weeks after I began my purchase process on this home.

Any ideas for how to get out of this place without paying a ton in capital gains? I don’t know if I want to stay until the 2 year mark for the exemption. My job is flexible and I can work from anywhere.