Does anyone here have any idea (based on data), if the home prices will be going up or down in 2025?

I am looking into purchasing a second (vacation) home and would love to hear your thought on the pros and cons of going a conventional 30-year second mortgage vs. using a HELOC or Home Equity Loan on my Primary Residence to purchase the second home outright. 

I came across an RE opportunity that seems too good to be true but number works. They are startup company from Houston. They want to be full service RE professionals. They develop, they build, they finance, they prope...

That $250k sitting in the bank with no chance of vacancy or capex could earn you $11,250/yr at 4.5%. 

Across the street is a big embankment, so no houses or land, but there are several three story apartment buildings on that next street. 

Rents in the area are strong, do you think it makes sense as a rental, or would you go all-in on the flip? 

We are considering a fix and flip or a BRRR.Options I'm Considering:Option 1: Upgrade my rental house at 28277 and sell the rental property at a premium.

So whether you have a Carrot site or a Wordpress site, these things will matter to rank high on Google.

But ya have to make some educated prognostications in life.Add this to the information your processing - What your talking about doing is eliminating around $4000 or interest expense (which is deductible anyway so really could be a real impact of eliminating $2800 or so) of debt in exchange for paying over $10K in capital gains tax (don't forget possible state gains tax as well).  

This is obviously much better than $1,400 per month.On top of that, you will now get 2x the depreciation write-off so your taxes should go down.On top of that, you will now get 2x the appreciation when real estate price go up.On top of that, your tenants are helping you pay down the loan, initially at about $100/mo for both properties, which gradually gets better and better.On top of that, you now have more units so if one or two goes vacant, you have more renters covering the losses of the vacant units.If you want to keep these properties, I would do a cash-out refi and go buy more rental real estate.