Keep or sell to buy new

[Joe Tichy]

New to the Real Estate game.... Currently searching for our forever home and we almost own our current home outright. I have been told to cash out to place a down payment on the new place but we may not have to depending on the price of the new home. Question is, why not keep both and rent out our current home for passive income. This is in a Fly in community so it is quite specialized though near a lot of attractions like Nascar and Bike week. Would love to hear what others have done