If I were in your shoes, I think a factor would be how good a deal you're getting.

I recently bought a property at discount to fix and keep as a rental, a week later the realtor calls me and tells me she has a buyer and I can double my moneyI paid $20k for it I had 1 contractor give me a $30k bid an...

Rentometer Zillow, realtor, redfin etc Agents Property Mangers Craigslist Local Listing Local facebook groups If you want to know what tenants are paying, then “be a tenant” put yourself in the Tenant’s shoe and look for a place to rent to see what everyone else is paying and offering.

If I were in her shoes I maybe doing the same and I suspect most of you.

But here's the other shoe in your case - You cannot exchange into improvements on property you own. 

Based on “substance over form” principles, it ruled that the IRA did not really own Roth Inc for two main reasons:The IRA was exposed to no significant risk; andAn independent person in the IRA’s shoes could not realistically have expected a benefit.Since the IRA did not really “own” Roth Inc, the income really belonged to the taxpayer – and putting that money into the IRA resulted in a taxable “excess contribution”.

I am hoping to be in your shoes one day and have the years of experience in the Springs. 

If I were in your shoes I would put 20% down, which eliminates the PMI on your mortgage and allows for a pretty huge market swing without you going underwater on your home. 

I'm sure you were in my shoes at one time.

If you were in my shoes how would y'all play this?