Here’s my options I have come to.. either sell the house and make 137k profit w/ no capital gains and take that and my original money put into the house and start my rental venture or pull the equity out and rent it.Rental rates are skyrocketing in my neighborhood at 3200 a month for my size house.

I got into real estate last year, and have since successfully BRRR'd two properties, both flowing cash and have gained in value significantly.However, my wife is not a fan at all...

to me this becomes a very personal choice where you have to weight your Options.IE your own personal financial situation .. 

I feel so thankful and grateful for the knowledge and inspiration I’ve gained from the interview.

Should I obtain a RE license to gain access to MLS and network with local agents?

My question is about how we should initially purchase the house in order to make a refinance the easiest.my side-- I'm paying with a HELOC on a home i own 100%, 7x the amount I'm using for the purchase, i have no W2 work history for the past 4 years, but in january i closed on a fix and flip and made around 70k, made about 20k in realized gains in the market this year so far, but i don't have consistent income.my son-- he is 19 and this was his first year actually paying taxes.  

We thought using a realtor would gain us this wider audience but it isn't doing anything for us internationally sadly.

I would also network with other folks on here, reach out to other realtors/investors in the area and see if there is a way for you to add value while gaining some insight from them.

It will force you to gain landlord experience while living on the property and allow you to leverage your reserves to purchase another property very quickly in the future.

So I am trying to avoid capital Gaines taxes here.