@Adriana V Alvarado you'll learn more and have better control over a local house-hack versus an OOS rental.Just be careful of the tenant-friendly climate in California.

When you convert to a rental, the basis for depreciation becomes the lesser of the fair market value or adjusted basis on the date of conversion.

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The house would be considered a capital asset, so to be conservative, I would estimate 20% of the gain for tax, plus an additional 3.8% for the net investment income tax if your total adjusted gross income (worldwide) is over 250k.

From there, you can make adjustments based on decor, view, pool....etc.

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I guess you could add climate change as another reason to be wary of them.

I recently had my tenants extend their lease agreement but we've had to adjust whom is renting and the responsibilities.

When adjusting for the DP assistance you mentioned, you seem to be approximately in that range!

We are considering developing it into a multi floor climate controlled self storage facility.