My gut tells me they pull out at the last minute and then maybe drop the price another 50K or more now that they've eaten 2 golden months during the summer to sell.

My immediate thought is: don't let the fear of capital gains push you out of a golden goose.You're right to be wary of a 1031 exchange; inventory is slim, and those can be a real headache.

I am sure you will get a lot of the same answers, but if you can do a house hack and utilize a renovation loan, that's a golden nugget that will quickly give you a boost in your net worth and experience bank!

I need guidance.I appreciate your position and desire Shane to get the golden road map handed out here for free. 

I was in the trades, and had worked my way up the ladder to being one of the best.I had golden handcuffs. 

The rentals were great, but ultimately they took a lot of our time, energy and resources away from our golden goose that has allowed us to grow and save at a rate we never thought possible. 

The high tech guy in Sunnyvale wants a "double golden deal" so he is tougher to please, but we'll eventually find him one.The fish are jumping if you scout around the waters you are in.

Andrew,You are in a golden situation where you owe very little on your mortgage and could benefit from doing a "cash out refinance" The cash out refinance will allow you to take out some cash to use as a down payment on another home.

The method that currently works (as of this post, not as of you future-people reading this 4 years from now in the sci fi future year of 2021 when you have flying cars and the like), which is basically to make it fall under FNMA D.F.E. as technically an "all cash" (but actually financed) purchase in order to skip the 6-12 months seasoning requirement and compress it down to 1-2 months to recoup your capital while still getting an Agency 30YF mortgage, might not be around two years from now, and it was likely a different trick that worked back in the first podcast wherein someone invented the term BRRRR years and years ago (BRRRR wasn't new, but the name was, and outside of BP the term is regarded as a sort of quirky BP-ism, and one of the ways that BPers flag themselves to the old-timers).At the end of the day, the Golden Rule applies: she who has the gold, makes the rules.

PHOTOS THAT SELLUse natural light.Shoot at golden hour.Add human elements: a towel rolled on the bed, a glass of wine on the terrace, a hat on the hammock.Invest in a pro—even if it’s just for the first set.Rule of thumb: Your listing should look like a boutique hotel ad, not your aunt’s spare room.2.