You bring up an excellent point about the trade-offs between second home and investment property loans.

There are some important factors that you need to take note of with regards to the 1031 exchange or the Tax-deferred exchange: •One important requirement you need to have if are an investor and you want to take advantage of this 1031 Exchange is that the property you are selling should be significant when it comes to trade or business functions that are beneficial for the people as well as for the government.

I would suggest contacting companies for each trade and get an average bid from each sub. 

It's possible rates have peaked based on trading flat and taking a downward turn last week!

Marvin has no money, knows no trade, did not finish high school. 

The trade-off is losing out on potential growth from a reinvested 1031 exchange, but if you’re thinking about a HELOC later to invest again, this could bridge the gap.What I’d do in your shoes:If it were me, I’d run the numbers on a worst-case scenario for each option.

But it's just a trade off--no wrong answer.

Fourth: even if the entire deduction is available, it results in much smaller automobile deductions in future years and extra taxable income when you sell the vehicle or trade it in.

Sharing our home a bit has been a small trade-off for living nearly mortgage-free while building wealth.

Most service or trades people us included increase the rates for customers we don’t want.