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Newbie Intro - To sell or rent current home in Denver area?!?
Hello All! The wife and I are pretty set on moving into real estate investing. I have always been obsessed with real estate and I think it is time for a change/build some real wealth. I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets Podcast and reading up on everything I can.
I think our next move is looking at property on the Olympic Peninsula around Sequim, WA with the plan to land hack and build STRs. However, we are in a dilemma with what to do with our current property.
We currently own a home in a very sought after neighborhood next to Sloan's Lake in Denver, CO. We bought on 12/31/19 and currently owe $500k on the property with about a $2500/month payment. I am torn if we should hold this house and rent it out or sell to use the capital for our next investment. Just as a reference point, OpenDoor has offered us $700k for the home. Looking at comps around the neighborhood I believe we could easily get $2950 - $3100/month in rent.
Other important things to note:
- The neighborhood is Edgewater, CO and is becoming extremely popular as the town is doing a lot of planning and lots of new community marketplaces, bars, etc are being developed or have already opened. We also border the largest lake in Denver proper. Sloan's Lake.
- We have one of the largest lots in Edgewater. If we rented and held the property long term we have plenty of room to build out the modern duplexes that seem to be getting built everywhere around us.
- Wanted to STR this house but the city has a limit of 60 days and all kinds of other rules so that is out.
- Have checked and can long term rental.
Let me know if I have missed anything to help address this. I'm just not sure what the best approach is with our current primary residence as we are new to real estate investing. Do we sell and use the capital on this new journey or do we hold, rent, grow equity, and then use the equity? The funding and equity portion is where I am not the best.
Looking forward to meeting a lot of people and learning on here!
Cheers!
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The best thing to do in scenarios like this is to write down on paper each financial situation. 1 being the sale and what you net out of it after taxes (if any beyond your primary residence exemption). Then what you can do with that capital as a re-invest and what that return vs risk is. Then do the same financial analysis on the keep and hold identifying gross rent less ALL expenses including vacancy factor, property management, capital expenses, etc. Now you have a side by side comparison to review. It could also be beneficial to do this with your CPA (use a CPA that has real estate investing knowledge, particularly one who owns their own RE investments as well).
On a general note, the more you keep and hold, typically, the better you will be off financially. Of course some assets produce better than others so you need to consider those factors as well.
So your answer is TBD and really cant be answered with the limited info thus far. Best to get with your CPA. Good luck and welcome to BP Nation!