u/KaddLeeict

My first baby was so terrible at sleep and napping. I never had the sleepy newborn stage and I was so envious of moms whose newborns would just snooze at the coffee shop or at the mommy meetups. I am looking into one of those crazy expensive bassinets to soothe baby and potentially have a less traumatic first year. I know my fitness is going to slide in that first year but I would love for it to not slide too much and a lot of that is tied to how much sleep I can manage.

Is there much of a difference? If you recently chose one over the other please let me know how you decided. Thanks!

Never mind lol

We are buying (building) a second home soon so we will be closer to a neighbourhood we love. We could sell our current townhome or keep it as a rental. It will cashflow about $1350 after cost of ownership (existing mortgage, property tax, HOA.) We live in a tourist town and the townhome is near the very cutesy downtown strip. We bought before the pandemic and we cannot STR.

My partner grew up in California and has the belief that you should never sell real estate if you can help it. He is keen to try keeping the townhome and renting it out. Has anyone been in a similar spot?

Details. Couple aged 46 and 53. Total NW 4.1M with 2.5M in retirement, 500k Taxable Accounts, 1.1 M in real estate and college funds. Ages 46 and 54. Single income of $160k in MCOL. Annual spend 85k includes mortgage. I "retired early" to stay home with children in 2020 after we moved from VHCOL to MCOL. I know FIRE community loves to call that geo-arbitrage right? The mods wanted more detail. I'm just looking for people who have been landlords and found it to be worthwhile or a waste of time for not much money.

We are buying (building) a second home soon so we will be closer to a neighbourhood we love. We could sell our current townhome or keep it as a rental. It will cashflow about $1350 after cost of ownership (existing mortgage, property tax, HOA.) We live in a tourist town and the townhome is near the very cutesy downtown strip. We bought before the pandemic and we cannot STR.

My partner grew up in California and has the belief that you should never sell real estate if you can help it. He is keen to try keeping the townhome and renting it out. Has anyone been in a similar spot?