Payoff Student loans with Flip Proceeds or reinvest profit?

[Luke Hoffmann]

Hey Everyone

I'm about done with my first flip property that I will be all in at $54k, ARV is 95-100k. I have 19 buy and hold units currently and my original plan for this flip was to BRRRR it and buy another flip or Multi-family. I've been thinking lately that maybe I should pause my real estate investing for a few months an roll all the profits from this flip directly against my student loans which would free up about $1000/mo personally. I know I'll have to pay capital gains on the profits vs doing a 1031 exchange into more property.

What would you do?  My interest rates on the student loans are varying from 4-8% interest on about $55k remaining balance.