SW,

Being a landlord will be a last resort I think. It was a $100k unit when purchased over 10 years ago. It was refinanced and is 7 years into a 15 year mortgage now. They were selling in mid- $190s two years ago, and the last one sold at $172 K I think. Neighbor lady's has some damage to it and is listed at $152 K, so it might be hard to get over $170 for one like ours that's nearly pristine.

What we'd like to do is combine condo equity with other money I have in savings and buy down or refi the new house so as to have a smaller mortgage as I plan for retirement. Would also like to make the change on this mortgage before interest rates move very far north. So maybe it would be worth getting whatever we can for the condo just to not have to deal with it and get the cash. Otherwise I think we might have to hang on to it for a lot longer than we'd want to. If it won't sell, the choice will be made for us.

Sg