From that perspective, buying a 100 year old house is not making sense.

I am considering selling my STR SFH (3/2 + 2/1 guesthouse) property and open to seller-financing but I'm hoping one of you experts out there can help me take the right perspective.

However, I'm open to hearing different perspectives and alternative investment strategies that fellow investors may recommend.With that said, I would greatly appreciate any insights, experiences, or alternative investment suggestions that you may have.

We're close to the finish line on an out of state BRRRR project; since most of the BRRRR chatter is from people that are thinking about it or people that have something to sell (looking at you, Ohio crew), I'd thought that I'd share a realistic perspective. 

But we basically followed David Greene's advice for finding a realtor in Long-Distance Real Estate Investing.Here's a summary of what we were looking for:* An agent who has experience being a landlord/investor and so already shares our perspective (looks for opportunity rather than curb appeal)* An agent who knows the Alexandria area well* An agent who doesn't mind showing us many houses and writing a bunch of lower offers* An agent who doesn't mind sharing their opinion about a property being wrong for us so we can move on to the next oneThere are many great meetups here.

I'm eager to learn from your experiences and perspectives.

You will meet people from different walks of life that will give you different perspectives on real estate investing.

Moving from SoCal to Phoenix, AZ in 2019 provides perspective on affordability (it's all relative).

@Jay Hinrichsagree with you and I think that's an important perspective. 

From a tax perspective, your brother and you both can't claim the interest benefits.