Invest in Fix-and-Flip Properties:Use the $50K as a down payment or cover acquisition costs for a non-recourse loan (required for SDIRAs).

I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is close to zero.

Additionally, your brother would inherit your cost basis in the property, which could result in significant capital gains tax if he sells the property later.

I've seen estimates that are off by 300% when all said and done (e.g. the original bid was $10k but the final cost was closer to $30k).

We're stuck, cost us too much to cancel at this point but know that we will NOT renew anything and have multiple reminders so we get the cancellation notice in on time.

For example do you have a great w2 and can you afford to cover costs of a major repair or 3 months of vacancy?

The location all in,cost him X; he got an appraisal for the bank from CBRE national firmof XX and now the firm who called him mentioned paying XXX.

Cost of construction is expensive and about to get worse.

The type of the neighborhoods where his properties were located didn't fit in with my plan but he did well and the purchase costs were low.

Maybe you can find other hosts to split the cost.