Why not just buy a new primary and rent out your current home.

Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I decided to put much of what I had learned from books into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home—not as a traditional investment property, but as a home for my mother.

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Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $20,000 In 2013, I put my knowledge into action by purchasing a two-bedroom home for $8,000 as a home for my mother, though she wasn’t thrilled about it.

Commissions are no longer viewable to the public because the thought was that agents were steering their clients to show homes with higher commissions 1.

My wife is a Top25 Realtor in Ft Wayne, I'm a licensed contractor and home inspector.

What @Anna Sagatelova said about Cleveland properties is also true in Akron. 90% of the housing stock in the city of Akron was built before 1970 and there are quite a number of really fine A++ older homes especially in west Akron.

Do you guys have a current home? 

There are also other new construction homes on our street facing the same issue.So, I’m kind of stuck with this property, which is why I’m exploring ways to cut my losses and exit cleanly.

In a perfect world that’s how I would start since it would be a lot easier than buying a home but I’m sure there’s some things I’m overseeing.