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Going with a newer home may cost a little more but it most likely will be more energy efficient, have newer items, and have more space (hopefully allowing you to command more rent money depending on where you end up buying).  

Using the cash and the HELOC will save me about 86k in interest payments on the condo, but will cost a whopping 3.3k in interest on the HELOC. 

If you have to do an eviction, that might take a little more time, but it only cost a few hundred dollars.The cost for a tax forclosed house is usually around 35 cents on the dollar of assessed value.

While agreeing with all the valuable information already posted, I stumbled upon one interesting case where tax court considered the educational cost as the Start up cost and could be deducted over the long term. 

I wouldn't filter by this value because you don't want to exclude nulls, but on a list of 5000 names, adding this value to your output records will cost a whopping 6 bucks (and that is full price)...well worth it, IMO.

Not paying the extra legal fees, deed of trust, note reduces the cost, as does not paying points, origination fees or interest.To me there is no TAX ADVANTAGE to paying mortgage interest because taxes are so low in the US.

Might cost a bit more now, but I'm sure it will save all sorts of money.

The bust/penalty for the home seller to not underwrite a seller financed buyer is severe: loosely it is 36 payments of the contract, down payment, court costs, and lawyers cost. As

However; because it's simple, doesn't mean it doesn't cost a lot, especially in California.