While the 4% mortgage is great, your 1M in dead equity isn't giving you a great return.

If you live in a high cost of living area, investing in more affordable out-of-state markets can be a great strategy.

Traveling for middle school and high school is easier because you can give your kid more freedom around the city.

Tenant Default: 0-5% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class A rents are too high and won’t be approved.Vacancies: 5-10%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Class B Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 620-680, some blemishes, no convictions/evictions in last 5 years.Tenant Default: 5-10% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Vacancies: 10-15%, depending on market conditions.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 1-3 years for positive cashflow, balanced amounts of relative rent & value appreciation.Section 8: Class B rents are usually too high for the Section 8 program.Class C Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores 560-620, many blemishes, but should have no convictions/evictions in last 3 years.

My interest rate and purchase price wouldn’t allow for positive cash flow unless I charged an unreasonable rent—or put about $500K toward the principal, which isn't ideal.I’m a high earner, so I’m weighing my options:Take the loss ($60K-$100K), buy another house, and chalk this up to a hard lesson learned.Refinance, put more money into it, and rent it out long-term—even if it’s not immediately profitable.Invest my money elsewhere and try to make peace with staying here for several years.Would love to hear thoughts from anyone with experience in real estate, financial strategy, or noise mitigation.

I have launched in markets and have been the unique high end stay.

I bought vacant land, built a spec home and sold it to an end user. I know that interest on the acquisition loan can be included in the cost basis since it’s inventory. But what about the interest on a cash out refina...

Manage their properties Provide welcome gifts/ goodie bags for their guests before check in Hauling extra supplies/ misc items to return to stores or other properties--Any other ideas that I can pitch to make myself more marketable?

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Purchase price: $55,000 Cash invested: $440,000 Currently under construction and pre-leased for $6,195/month, this 7-bedroom, 5-bathroom student rental in Clemson, SC, was built using investor cash and designed for high-end student living.