As to the why questions. My mom is no longer living in the house. So it needs to be either sold or rented out. This is a bad time to sell. House was on the market for 6 months and went through several price reductions and still no buyer. So our thought is to rent it out. Mom owes me $25K and she wants to deed-over portion of the interest/equity of the house to pay me back. If we rent out the house, it will be cash flow neutral after taking into account management, maintenance, and vacancy. If/when the market improves in 10 years we’ll try to sell the house again.