@Ethan Swat have you done the math to calculate the increased booking volume or higher booking rate is required to break-even on the investment?

You can also always put more down to cover risks and refinance into lower rates.

They mentioned it in the latest Vrbo webinar so I asked my Vrbo account manager and this is what she said:I put in a case to see if we can get Rate Automation placed in your MarketMaker.

or pay points for lower rate but wait for longer to refi?

The other 100K of gain's tax rate depends on where his other income is at.

One thing to also consider is if the kids take it over will they jack up the rent to market rate?

The IRS still doesn't like "short term" 1031s, with good reason - you need to ensure that you can 100% support that it was not a flip.This was not uncommon during 2020-2022 when prices were increasing at an incredible rate, I did have a few clients where they acquired a property that was truly intended to be a rental property, had a long history of buy / renovate / hold rentals, and then the market just blew up so fast that it changed the investment analysis for that property, or in several cases they actually just received unsolicited offers that they couldn't refuse.  

Due to less competiton and less transparency, are commission rates higher, lower or the same in commercial? 

Now I am investing in the US and a few of them have offered to lend me money at a set interest rate that I will use to grow my US real estate portfolio.  

(CSPAN).Today’s Interest Rate: 6.92%(👇 .05% from this time last week, 30-yr mortgage)Mortgage interest rates have calmed down a tiny bit, after staying above 7% for most of February, although they remain volatile.