For instance, in a family-oriented neighborhood, additional storage might enhance appeal and facilitate a quicker sale, albeit with a relatively modest increase in value.It's essential to view these improvements from a value-added perspective.

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We saw the ability to finish the basement and increase the ARV.

It sounds like your finances are tight as a young professional with a family, I'd advice work on increasing your W2 income, with more education or training.

My landlord increased my rent by $100, which in my opinion makes my apartment overpriced compared to similar apartments in the area.

At this point the value of the house is still increasing but not at the same rate as the previous years for a number of obvious reasons (high Interest rates,  age of house, etc.) and at this point I'm not sure what my next move should be since I don't like having all that equity tied up in the property and borrowing against it (HELOC) doesn't seem like a good idea since banks seem to be charging even higher than "normal" interest rates because the house is not my primary residenceIt's been almost 2 yrs since a I moved out of the house and I know my time is running out before we'll have to pay capital gains on the property if we chose to sell it [unless I do a 1031 exchange of course] but wondering what other options I might consider.

In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.

Taking bare dirt and either building Self Storage or setting up subdivision lots for sale is a lot of fun.

Will keep them at gradual increases.

I would then keep the extra hours going towards increasing my pension, extra overtime hours that would have been spent on my rental, my year-end bonus would be bigger, and I can come it with a significantly higher cost basis lowering my tax liability.