I know that it is a great time to sell, but with the population boom and companies like Apple coming to the area should I consider renting instead?

It's simply absurd and only results in increase costs for all tenants because of some bad apples.

You CAN take their big screen TV!

About the only creature comforts we added were leather furnishings, a persian rug, good internet and cable TV, and a comfortable queen bed. 

Just want to make sure they are as close to apples to apples for this new investor.

Makes it easier to compare apples to apples. 

Yes, Apple can charge $1000 for a phone because they have spent decades produce a BRAND NAME that is known WORLD WIDE and has a WORLD WIDE buyer.

But BEFORE you make that decision, you need to get with your experienced RE CPA to do a side by side and apples to apples comparison of your cash out refi, what investment you get using that cash (and the returns from it) vs selling this as your primary residence (since you lived there for 2 of the last 5 years) and have a $250k exemption to capital gains tax (as a single person) and $500k as a married couple.

But as a sales guy/Senior Project Manager I don’t worry about the accounting side.I even use it to track projects and keep up with documentation on my rental properties.The files are loaded on the cloud, so they do not take up space on your iPhone/iPad/MacBook Pro….yes, I’m an Apple guy.Hope this helps.Ken

I had to swing by to fix something- this was in like 2008... we were on the verge of evicting and she had a flat screen TV.