You and your wife are considering a move to be closer to her parents in Scottsdale.The largest source of liquidity for you is the equity in your home at 1M and you have a 4% mortgage and it will cashflow positive if you rent your home in Seattle.Your question is should your sell your house in Seattle or rent it. 

You're not in the position to be a cash buyer...as a former wealth manager, it's simply not a good play for you for many of the reasons stated above and more.  

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I manage it daily to update base pricing and see what the market is doing, but I wholeheartedly recommend if you want to maximize revenue and get to maximum capacity.Mindy @Collin Hays I respect your position and for sure everyone should run their biz according to their own values. 

And start from a position of strength rather than getting into a property right before you go back to finish up school and have no income for a year.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Brian Burke I am also curious what the investor equity position is.

I’m considering it and looking for feedback.

I don't know if they still do it but if memory serves a few years ago TD Bank would do a HELOC on a rental in second position but only if it was titled in someone's personal name. 

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