However, I shudder at the popular suggestion to sell some of your investments for tax purposes, often coming from commission-based brokers and financial advisors.

We are looking at both a condo and also a home that are near the base. 

Keep in mind all these markets are very different than the Cambridge area in terms of tenant base, household income, transit, etc.Happy to connect if you'd like to chat more!

You should have a good idea of what it's worth based on what you paid and the comps you looked at before you closed.

Yes we were successful winning bidding wars 3 months ago using the family postcard technique;) Basically, we added a cute picture of our family along with our offers (which were based on conventional financing) and our “humanity” made us win over the cash offers.

If you're based in CLT I'd be happy to connect with you. 

If it was purchased cash you can do delayed financing immediately, but it would be based on your total capital invested not current appraised value. 

I’ve listed on FF and had a request for long term stay cutting into summer season and I comped it based on last summers revenue and declined.

They are business notes backed by our portfolio of 10+ businesses which does include some real estate.The note returns range based on investment but is double-digit. 

We're all talking about the creative financing, asset-based lendings of the world right?