All Forum Posts by: Kim Durst

@Steven Gesis Thank you. I couldn't agree more. We have bought and sold many properties over the last 20 years. Have also rented. Renting is much more freeing for us.  In terms of owning, you're right, the money to maintain, update, etc. is endless. Although this home is beautiful, etc. I'm over it. We both work full time, get  home, then work more. Weekends....yard work, interior work, upkeep, etc. Not finding much joy in it, that's for sure. We are going to list this house soon, go back to renting and start our investment journey. 

Chris, 

This is precisely what we also believe. Nice to hear that we are not alone in our beliefs! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks, Travis.

Love that! Thx. Here’s the thing. We are getting started later in life. Recently 100% debt free, other than our house. Now we have the money to invest. We want to hit it hard over the next 10 years

we could keep our current house and invest as well however, we are expecting a nice profit and would like to use it towards investment properties. Not to mention, the work involved living on this lake is tremendous. Downsizing sounds mighty nice. 

Curious question. Wondering what the thoughts are out there about investors who are also renters. Anyone? We're looking at going back to renting yet, wish to continue on our investing ventures. 

Travis, our thoughts were to down size significantly and re invest in properties or, we stay and try an Airbnb as well as another small property, 150k or less

Thanks to you both for answering. We are in a large 4500 sq foot home. Just two of us. It’s updated beautifully. We can easily live in a portion of the home and rent a portion out for Airbnb . Finances are not a problem. We can support any situation. We are curious about selling now while the market is so hot. 

Bought our lakefront home one year ago, under Market Value. Remodeled the majority of the home and are almost finished. We have a huge home with a potential Airbnb space on the lower level. The Realestate market is HOT in our area right now. We are flipping and flopping trying to decide to sell, stay, stay and Airbnb.....it's maddening. It's a broad topic, and generalized question, I know. Anyone have a short answer/opinion?