I still think if you're an investor, you need to run your numbers carefully. 

Quote from @Tiarnan Gormley: Quote from @Wale Lawal: @Tiarnan GormleyStarting your real estate journey while living abroad is ambitious but entirely achievable with careful planning.

This is based on friday, the stock/ DJIA was down 700 points+ since we can asssume this will continue to just new listings in real estate etc, we are doomed so who cares.....

.)• NNN - purchase triple net lease opportunity (1031 everything into it, managed under trust, tenant takes care of everything) • Sell each off the normal way (even spreading out one a year, heavy tax implications and truly diminishes decades of work.) • Give/donate each away-----I expect many here have already been through similar dilemmas and interested in experiences, lessons learned.

Security deposit will take care of the last month of unpaid rent, but I'm considering filing a small claims court lawsuit to get a judgement for recoverable damages.

Hey @Brett RiemensniderThere are a TON of banks/credit unions that will offer as low as Prime on a heloc on your primary residence.

Without the high leverage you reduce the top source of return in CA RE which is achieve via the appreciation on a high leverage property.  

I had planned on buying a new primary residence  that needs a rehab that i can get way under market value.

I'm not going to continue arguing with you about this on this thread because quite frankly nobody here cares if we are being honest.

land sale is in Northern PA, but we are currently NY residents.