Cheapest marketing model I’ve put together.

Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Hello,real estate investors,I have a question for those with experience pulling home equity to fund new investments.

However, the property’s cost basis (what they originally paid) carries over to you, meaning if you later sell, you may owe significant capital gains tax on appreciation.Alternatively, selling the property at fair market value eliminates gift tax concerns, but your in-laws may owe capital gains tax on any profit.

It’s not an arms length transaction if your wife owns the selling trust that’s buying her parent’s property for less than market value.

Neither your idea nor turnkey real estate is bad. 

Also for me I do not consider this as investing in real estate.

@Audrey Sommer I prefer investing in my local market (Snohomish County).

Personally, I invest in properties in C-Class neighborhoods in my market (East Linden and Southern Hilltop), and they’ve been cash-flowing well so far.

If your aunt isn't in a big rush, another option may be (I'm not familiar with TX law):- Pay your aunt for a Right of First Refusal (means you get a chance to buy it before anyone, but has to be notarized by you and your aunt and filed at the courthouse)- Sell your house on or off market.

I'm not new to real estate investing or bigger pockets, but new to the forum.