We chose the Jax beaches area because my wife taught school here for a year when I was deployed and she thought I'd retire soon.....well, a couple of years later I finally decided to pull the plug and we both liked it here a lot, so came back on vacation and decided this was the place. 12 years of cold English weather helped with the decision too!

That includes taking into consideration the time and capital you will need to deploy into the asset to disposition it.  

As people are frightened of the stock market and looking for a safer investment, private lending is always there, now looking better than ever. 10-12% returns, SECURED by the house you are flipping, they can visit the property and see their money at work, they actually know and talk directly to the people deploying and investing their funds, etc, etc.

Best case, you'd probably be able to pay a bit less monthly by buying than you would by renting a similar unit, but you'd have to decide whether that's worth the frictional costs and capital deployment for a place you're only going to live for 2 years (my guess --- it won't be).

You could easily pull out $120k and use that.Otherwise, sell and deploy that capital to a better investment.

You can move the thing, and cross the next bridge when you arrive at it.If you're pulling a solid tech employee income, have no kids, can be flexible/nomadic, and live in a free-and-clear RV (or purpose-built "tiny house" with wheels that you can hitch to your vehicle) that you pay $750/month to park in someone's back yard until the zoning people come and force you to move to the next back yard for $750/month, that will free up a lot of capital to deploy towards your primary REI goals (which do not appear to include shelling out a lot for your personal housing).It actually is not unprecedented to be a tenant and a landlord at the same time.

The natural reaction is not to deploy money if you have any.  

PatienceWarren Buffet keeps cash on hand and only deploys it when it makes sense.  

You have $10,000,000 to deploy.

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