Leverage or Mortgage Free Investment
by Peter
(Toronto)
Hi Tom/Nick,
I have a mortgage free property with a potential income of $1800/mth. My estimated value of the property is approx. 320K if sold. I am contemplating selling the property and working with 2 scenarios:
1) Splitting the money into 2 properties (i.e. Put 200K into a bungalow and mortgage approx. 200K and save the 120K for a duplex).
2) Putting all into 1 property (ie. take the 320K and look for a duplex of 550K with a mortgage of 230K).
Based on current pricing of bungalows and duplexes, my concern is the cash flow. My question is would I be better off with the one source of income or leveraging and getting 2 properties at this time?
Thanks for taking the time and providing such a Canadian needed resource.
Sincerely,
Peter Lee
pmlee22@hotmail.com