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Better off investing in Indian RE till your visa issues are sorted out.

The house needs a lot of work with repairs and upgrades.

If she moves out in seven days and leaves the house undamaged, you can apply her deposit to the unpaid rent and forgive the rest.

My name is DJ Shipley from Indiana, newly passionate about real estate investing for 4 months. 

Have you thought about what kind of investing you want to do? 

Pay Capital Gains Tax: If the investment isn’t sound, paying the tax (15-20% + state taxes) might be the better option.4.

I can only produce about 2  houses a month and out of 90 so far I have only had to hold 5 or so past C of O they all got sold either pre sale or right before we finished..

Is there a demand for housing in the area?

I don’t need the cash, but would it make more sense to cash out on the equity and invest that?