The exchange died, which all in all may be OK so long as I capitalize on the liquidity.

We dont have a ton of liquid cash to go above the $303K right now, unless we do a quick HELOC (if anyone has a good HELOC hook-up, I'm all ears). 

That would potentially give them $250k of liquidity, while also deferring the gains and preserving the step-up in basis. 

At some point there will be a forced liquidation per se, and you will have to take required minimum distributions.  

He's out in Worcester all the time so his advice here is great.Funny that you mentioned those window wells, I was watching a video from @Mark Ferguson that had the window wells in a basement unit:Basement window well youtube videoDefinitely cool to see!

Gabriel,Don't forget to keep some of that cash in near liquid reserves for all the expenses that tend to come up, at least $5K, maybe $10K.I would probably look for one multi and go that route.  

We had to have 6 months PITI in the bank, either liquid or semi-liquid (stocks/retirement accounts)  reserves.

My parents have liquid cash they'd be happy to give me to get started.

Given the likelihood that executive action is very likely before 2017 to stop global cooling/warming/climate change/disruption, I don't see wage inflation causing much of an issue for the next two years.  

At face value I also do not garner a well understood framework of the liquidity of said accounts to be deposited into which bear interest.