It’s been too long since ideological opposites Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich were able to strike a budget deal.

If you cannot rent out something on the same property 100 feet away it strikes me as something much deeper in the works, and especially now.

Striking factors are:  Poprerty 1 is 15 years older than Property 2. 150 sqft smaller as well.

Normally in a spot like this, we would recommend to a client that you sell your primary residence and claim your capital gains exemption under Section 121, but you have two strikes against you: (1) you have not lived in this property long enough to qualify for that, and (2) I'm hoping you already claimed an exemption on the sale of your other primary residence a few months ago, and you can't claim Section 121 exemptions within 2 years of each other. 

-Paint the Front Door a Bold Color: A fresh coat of paint on your front door can make a striking first impression.

The leverage issue - My current back up plan if disaster strikes is that HELOC on my first property, so if I use that for a down payment I don't have that back up.

Definitely would like to strike a better balance in my channels as well as build a channel for direct bookings.

Just go in with your eyes wide open.They claim the money in boost accounts is "100% liquid" and pays interest daily, which strikes me as vaguely within the realm of a Ponzi scheme.

I wouldnt want to work for them, though, there seem to be no slacking and no third strike :) BestChristophePS: @Engelo, wait for it... it's coming...

I have done several dozen homes and this doesn't strike me as a total tearout.