As for now, we have our hands full putting some sweat equity into the duplex and continue to look for additional properties to buy, whether it's a buy and hold in Norfolk or a flip in Virginia Beach for a cash injection.

I should be able to sell both properties for about $650,000 combined after putting in about $100,000 in renovations in both homes over a 4 month period.Thanks in advance for your advice.MikeTERMSCollateral:  First Deed of Trust on said properties and Assignment of Rents 25% equity injection requiredAmount:    $300,000 (approximately).

@Steve SaylerIt seems like a bad idea to inject the uncertainty that the government might retroactively change the tax status of any investment at anytime.Seems like a great way to get people hoarding cash or investing in other countries.As for only listed investments in an SDIRA that can make sense but not sure how to make it work for real estate.

This is something unforseen that happens with a property and you need a fast capital injection so it does not become unstabilized.So there is no absolute answer to what you are asking.

Matt, as a California resident maybe you can shed some light as to why there is such a huge capital injection from California to Dallas, but not to Atlanta.

Mainly due to the fact of the new mortgage you put on it.William - this may not be the most popular post in the thread, but injection of a bit of intellectual honesty into your thinking should illuminate the fact that there are cycles in the marketplace, and what worked 3 years ago does not necessarily work today.There are one ofs, of course, but this may be an obsolete strategy in your marketplace in 2017.

Now, the Feds are proposing another program that will directly inject billions into the economy.Why?

Well done for asking.To start, your portfolio may already have a nice IRR to date (depending on how much capital you had to inject to achieve the forced appreciation); so, don't loose hope if that is the case...you may have just reduced the IRR a little because you held on longer.  

. $400 a month ($100 for the area, and $300 for the gated community).Now I was going to rent for $2600 to cover the mortgage (which is about $2500...the principle is about $250 the rest is interest)), and cover the HOA's and property tax myself...the thing is my husband earns over $150k so we don't get the tax benefits as far as I know.We do have extra money aside ..about $80-90k in the UK...was hoping to use that to help upgrade to a new home someday...don't mind spending some of it to keep the current...but just scared of throwing our money away in the meantime even if the house does go back up again in few years...and make no money at all but a loss...most of all our savings gone..house now has capital gains if we leave it too long (even if we can recoup some of that loss as passive loss when we sell...seems like injecting so much money each month over x amount of years won't really pay back), and the company not paying closing costs then etc...Is it worth it, should we just sell?...

This ultimately means you'll have to put an extra 5% down, for a total injection of 15%.