Either way, with rent and price appreciation, tax benefits, holding long term is a net worth exploder.

Offer to be the guy that restores the old family property to it's former glory and all....Still it'll be hard to not look greedy because you do want to make money after all.....main thing to me is being super PATIENT.

So I was hoping someone else could benefit from having the big pieces like couches and beds, nice TVs, etc. 

Usually OH and IN are the two main states they I have seen booming business in for 204 unit REI's.

Moving on was tough, but helping him make peace with that was main part of the negotiation process no one else touched on.

Hopefully any BP members in the LA situation can benefit from the thought process.  

I think the main points would apply to you as well.STR is great, as long as you go into it with eyes wide open and reasonable expectations. 

It's people like you who cause folks who would actually benefit from an ESA to be painted with the same broad scammer brush. 

And a lot of old school GCs may not have the ability to take a CC and may not care to learn how to...Main question is: why do you want to do this?

Unless you are unknowledgable, my bet is you could make more from rent than sale, and still have the benefits of owning the original home while you go do something else.The 25K you have left in property will be netting you(gross) of $350 mo or 4200 per year.