With the cost of utilities and the level of comfort people feel is mandatory now there is no way I would want to be on the hook for it. 

The new design takes the home from a 3 bed, 2 bath to a 4 bed, 3 bath, 2,400 sq ft rambler on a large lot in highly desired area.

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If you're looking for appreciation and are comfortable with being a landlord, keeping it as a rental could work, especially if it's cash-flowing $300/month.

Then you'll need to find land, acquire it, find a spec home buyer and set up meetings to design plans or buy a set online with mods.

They claim to market on dozens of online channels, and they seem to know the right amenities to feature, have great design, services, experiences etc.

I’ve been around real estate for decades, and I read in The Economist once that in lively markets like Charlotte, folks will pay a premium for a comfortable room if you’re near major employers.A friend of mine tried something similar out in Austin a while back.. he’d inherited a 4-bedroom property and split it into individual room rentals.

Short Picture: Instead of dumping 300K out of a brokerage account all at once, how about you find another investment you are comfortable with, multifamily specifically, and only withdraw the needed funds for the down payment on it from your brokerage account. 

Most take near a year in southern Ca, but you hear of exceptions in both directions on that timeline.What some developers are doing here is leveraging the affordability issue and getting permission to build additional ADUs by designating some as affordable or semi affordable units.  

They’re ideal for those building portfolios, as they don’t require extensive personal financial documentation.A key tip is to ensure the property’s cash flow comfortably exceeds the lender’s DSCR requirement (typically 1.25x or higher).