While renting the larger out.

That would set you up and make it easier to scale to another or larger project.

In the past few years I've had some larger tax billed at the end of the year and I'm brainstorming ways I can reduce that burden.If I'm able to pay of our primary residence or a rental property, which should I choose?

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Leverage magnifies return. 3) The effort involved in adding an ADU is comparable or larger than a rehab associated with a BRRRR.

And some expensive ones for larger operations.

Even if you don’t have enough equity to buy in all cash, you may still have enough to make a larger down payment, which has its own benefits too.Bottom LineHomeowners have an incredible amount of equity today – and that’s why the share of all-cash buyers is on the rise.

For all of CA downsides the property taxes are not going to keep increasing at large rates.

Further, the property may qualify for larger loans based on the increased cash flow ability to service debt.  

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