Alternatively just straight up laminate (formica) has held up really well for me too. 

The real estate market has a typical annual cycle approaching the winter months wherein housing activity tends to dwindle naturally each year.

I work with a lot of house hackers and naturally I have a lot more credibility and experience to share if I've already done it myself.Provide information to people free of the expectation that you will receive anything in return.

However, the best method I used to determine my CPA (or at least where I ended up) was just picking up the phone, calling places, asking a list of questions that were important to me, and scheduling a meeting if I decided they were worth a deeper conversation.Once the meeting came around (whether in-person or video chat), I asked very specific questions about my intentions of using the tax code to my advantage through REI and essentially 'tested' their readiness to lead a client of my nature. 

Don’t like to kill things, vegan/animal rights community, green or environmentally friendly community, natural/organic/anti pesticide community, or simply because it’s a better home building design.

Alternatively, you could househack to eliminate your cost of living and build up your cash faster.

I'd encourage you to evaluate refinancing the property to a 30-year, just as an alternative to selling right now.

But I’m still looking for alternatives in case this doesn’t work. 

When you start to realize all of the upside of investing in real estate, it's natural to want to share that with people you love so that you can see them prosper.But as others have said, he's just not on the same page as you.

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