Real estate question

My dad is having heavy money troubles. I wanna put ideas (good ones) in his head.
Okay, we live in a middle class neighborhood ~12 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is a 4 bedroom house with 3 full bathrooms, a living room, family room, and laundry room. We have a guest quarter in the back with a living room, kitchen, 1 bedroom, and 1 full bathroom. Idk the exact square footage but its very decent and grassy backyard with a pool and spa. Hes paying around 2,000-5,000 dollars a month of an approximate 900,000 dollar mortgage. Last appraisal came out to our home being worth ~700,000. Would it be worth selling it and moving into a decent 3 bd 2btrm condo? Are condos the same price as a house? I think a nice condo is better than downgrading to a crappier neighborhood to a house. Plz any experts any advice. Id appreciate it. Thx

By: Jose C

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I work as a property manager and have experience in timelines, project management and etc. I also know how to do alot of the researching (taxes, inspections, appraisals etc. etc.). I know the risks and returns of investing in a market such as now as well. The Houston real estate market is not as poor as others in the country though, but can be just as risky leaving me with carrying costs. Now, I truly don’t have alot of money to invest as well as don’t have perfect credit but further more would prefer not to entangle my personal assets into a project as i know there are ways I don’t have. I know about “hard loans” and what not, though I was hoping to pick someones brain and get a few ideas to point me in the right direction. So if someone wouldn’t mind lending a hand in advice I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you for reading.

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