It's impossible to know everything about a market, so any value add information is expressly desired, and I appreciate it!

If we bought another house the mortgage would be low 7% interest and on a 350k-385k home our mortgage would be about 3 thousand (Anything cheaper is a less desirable location or unlivable).

Always had a desire to build houses, no experience-&  after reading comments, realize I’m a dreamer. 

Cosmetic fixer upper, potential to build $100K-$150K equity between 2024 and 2026 (assuming market stays exactly the same with no increase or decrease in market pricing).June 2026: Listing both properties for sale and (if they sell at desired price points) seeing potentially 300K-400K profit (Between both locations) that we would not need to pay capital gains tax on.In any case, my wife and I are looking into this as next investment, but wanted to put on this forum to see what you all think? 

Does This seem like a Fair Partnership Very Very Rough Draft WHEREAS, Party 1 and Party 2 (collectively referred to as "Partners") desire to enter into a partnership for the purpose of jointly owning and managing real estate properties;NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the Partners agree as follows:1.

We were recently contacted by a real estate developer who desires to purchase a portion of our land(roughly 13'x210', all along the road).

I do really love my apartment/neighborhood and would certainly have to move to a less desirable part of town if I were to house hack, but I also know that if that's the best route, it's better to do it now, rather than when I may have kids to think about.What are your thoughts?

I would say that as long as you are close to major hospitals, universities, company headquarters, airports, tourist attractions, or beaches, you'll generally be pretty safe in getting your desired return.

Washington State and especially the city of Tacoma are making this area a less desirable area to invest in.

. - Annualized ROIFor Rentals that we hold in our portfolio, that were perhaps once BRRRRs, I analyze based on ROE - Return on EquityI used this equation to back into my maximum allowable offer (MAO): ARV - Rehab Costs - Holding Costs - Purchase & Sale Costs - Desired Profit as a percentage of ARV = MAO