Does It Make More Sense To Refinance ASAP?

[Gabriel Combs]

Planning on doing some repairs to a duplex over a couple years and I'm trying to figure out if it'd be better to do the repairs faster and refinance at the lastest by the end of the year or if it's not a big deal to pay down 2+ years of a loan you're just gonna refinance... or does paying it down for longer actually benefit the refinance process? Thanks in advance!