we did something similar, here are some thoughts:Hi all,
Looking for a bit of a sanity check here. In the past few years, my family has come into a moderate windfall -- with all taxes paid on it, we're sitting at about $1.1m in treasury bills. My wife and I are both government workers and make combined ~$300k/year. We have ~ $800k in retirement accounts, and ~$50k in various other accounts. We own our current house (worth about $700k), which is quickly getting too small for our family; we have ~$500k left on our mortgage, although the interest rate is ~2% so the monthly payments aren't bad. My inclination is to buy a second home, all cash, and rent out our current house (which should be slightly cash flow positive). We've been diligently saving ~$2k/month for a second house, and paying ~$2k towards our mortgage, so this could drastically free up cash flow. What are folks' thoughts on spending the whole $1.1m this way, as opposed to other options?
Thanks!
- Landlord: one tenant lost his job and stopped paying rent. Another tenant damaged the apartment beyond his security deposit. We had a plumbing problem that was hard to track down, etc.
- slightly positive cash flow from renting: find a free spreadsheet and enter a number for all the expenses, you probably have missed (and underestimated) some of the expenses.
- cap gains exclusion - check the rules, you may lose your exclusion.
- cash flow - You want to spend the whole $1.1mm sitting in treasuries, they are paying 4%? So the cash flow you free up is offset by the $40k (taxable) cash flow?
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