Bottom line - fi the lease to won isnt working - sell the house & return my principal.  

What if you do a rate and term re-fi and pay off the VA loan, rent that house out to cover the payment, rented a room for yourself from a friend while you look for a property to move into/save money, and then used your VA benefits to purchase that property?  

Real estate should yield better returns, you also have leverage which will expedite the process to FI (when used correctly) plus when you buy hopefully you are buying at some sort of discount.

Congrats on the real estate success and thanks for your service.Sounds like the goal WAS FI rather than what you could do if you were FI.  

Akash Yadav San Diego is a great place to live, but there is risk with short-term vacation rentals: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sd-fi-shortterm-rentals-20170315-story.htmlGood luck if the NIMBYs don't like what you're doing!

This is a serious complaint: http://www.businessinsider.com/aimco-sues-airbnb-f... I

Since only the "acquisition" loan's interest is deducible, this hurts if you do a cash-out re-fi after rehabbing the building.  

Had to replace multiple faulty battery trays that led to guests being locked out.I've since switched to the Yale Assure Wi-fi (the model with a key) and they've been 100% reliable.

So far so good. 2.5 years later that property had appreciated about $63k which allowed to cash out re-fi and buy my first rental.Now that rental has appreciated approx $60k over what I bought it at and I'm looking to use that equity to purchase another property.

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