How to turn primary residence into passive income. $285K in eqty

[Janet Gonzales]

Bought my primary resident in 2015, currently have $285K in equity and would like to turn into passive income.  Not sure where to start.

[Joe Homs]

@Janet Gonzales why?  Why not just sell the home and not pay anything in Capital gains taxes (IRS Section 121) as the primary resident of the home.  Then use that profit to purchase a rental home that will cash flow.

Good Investing...

[Janet Gonzales]

Quote from @Janet Gonzales:

Bought my primary resident in 2015, currently have $285,000 in equity and would like to turn into passive income.  Not sure where to start.

[Bill Brandt]

You definately sell, especially if it or you are in California. You’re going to avoid at least a 35% combined tax. You’d have to earn $100k to net the $75k that you’re going to save in taxes. 

[Caleb Brown]

Can you do a HELOC? That would give you leverage to reinvest and hold the property

[Kenny Smith]

@Janet Gonzales

Before you do anything, you need to figure out what your options are with the equity, or selling the property outright.

There are so many different routes you can take. Multi family, Single family, STR, MTR, LTR, flips, syndications, etc...

I'd recommend start reading a few books so you can learn what strategy may be the best fit for you in your life right now.  Check out a few beginner BiggerPockets books, Set for Life, How to Invest in Real Estate, and The House Hacking Strategy.  From there, talk with a local investor/agent to get an idea where the market is now (in your area), where its headed, and if selling makes sense for you right now or not.

Best of luck!

[Crystal Smith]

Quote from @Janet Gonzales:

Bought my primary resident in 2015, currently have $285K in equity and would like to turn into passive income.  Not sure where to start.

 Here are some ideas to use your primary residence to create passive income:

1. Do some research to determine if using a part of your home as AirBnB would work.  

2. Since you have $285K in equity you may consider tapping the equity to use it to purchase or as a downpayment on an investment property that throws off cash

3. Combine 1 & 2

[Anthony L Amos Jr]

Quote from @Janet Gonzales:

Bought my primary resident in 2015, currently have $285K in equity and would like to turn into passive income.  Not sure where to start.

Use a HELOC to invest in an affordable market that has appreciation and cashflow

[Eliott Elias]

Pull the cash out with a HELOC and put down payments on rental properties.

[Janet Gonzales]

Quote from @Kenny Smith:

@Janet Gonzales

Before you do anything, you need to figure out what your options are with the equity, or selling the property outright.

There are so many different routes you can take. Multi family, Single family, STR, MTR, LTR, flips, syndications, etc...

I'd recommend start reading a few books so you can learn what strategy may be the best fit for you in your life right now.  Check out a few beginner BiggerPockets books, Set for Life, How to Invest in Real Estate, and The House Hacking Strategy.  From there, talk with a local investor/agent to get an idea where the market is now (in your area), where its headed, and if selling makes sense for you right now or not.

Best of luck!

[Alli Breighner]

Hi Janet!

Welcome to BP, this is a great community. Would love to connect.

Using a HELOC would be a good idea when wanting to invest.

[Jensen Escobar]

There are many ways you can go about this as many have mentioned. If you want true passive income look into becoming a limited partner in a syndication. I would go to as many real estate meet ups as I could to meet prominent investors in your community as well as educating yourself. 

[Elisa Zhang]

Hi Janet, just upvoted your post for visibility. I have over 3,000 apartment units and focus on educating investors like yourself on the different ways one can achieve their goals through passive investing. Reach out if you are interested in chatting more!