Should we stay in our current home (and gamble that its value won’t take a significant hit if there is a recession) and just access our equity via a HELOC for investments?

Should we stay in our current home (and gamble that its value won’t take a significant hit if there is a recession) and just access our equity via a HELOC for investments?

I am gambling on a neighborhood that has just recently starting to gentrify.

In my honest opinion, appreciation is more of a gamble.

I never received the keys to the coin op speed queen machines (built in the mid 80's) but I took a gamble and spent about $250 to get new coin boxes installed and the prices changed to $2/load.I don't envision these machines to make money.

Louis) vacancy may be less damaging in that your mortgage and property tax expenses, relative to rent, are considerably lower, so maybe you can gamble more on rent increases and afford a bit more vacancy.

I say this because if you plan to refi the entire debt anyway in 3-5 years, you're just gambling with the interest rates.

I refuse to wrap my ego in this buying bonanza, I don't need to make all my money right now as a gamble and I don't care to brag about "i got x amount of units so effing fast you can't believe it".

Seems like a huge gamble.

And even though I did a low / no money down deal, I did have the money to buy outright, so I was not going ALL-IN on a gamble.