If the tenants are great then it might be worth trying to keep.

Hard money, creative financing, or traditional financing should be viewed as different tools that you can use; try not to worry too much about finding one, singular way to finance every deal.For example, if you are buying an off-market deal from a family member, you may want to see if you can use traditional financing or creative financing since there's no competition and you'll get the most attractive/flexible terms.On the other hand, if you see a newly listed deal on the MLS, you may want to look at hard money since it can fund quickly like cash.Hard money loans are more expensive so you'll want to plan your exit before you get in whether that be refinancing into a long term note or selling the property.Hope this helps!

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Herzliche Grüße-Andreas* The preceding has been my opinion only, the views are my own, and are intended for educational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.

Also, I see that you're in Columbia, but if you feel like making the ride down to Charleston, REI Central is tomorrow night and would be well worth your time.

I wasn't really thinking from the point of view of a client though, just that I could save money and make more cash flow early on if I rented out both sides for my own portfolio.  

Is it worth waiting until we have more cash and purchase closer to Boston or do we move our endeavors north to get into real estate and scale up from there?

If you can afford the time, it may be worth the tax savings.

There is no way that he or anybody will give you $18,000 worth of value."  

Has no amenities but a nice view of the beach from the deck and the entrance is only a few feet from the sand.