They would be putting in some money and their service as sweat equity, and we would be putting up money and my wife’s services. 

If this does not happen the seller could walk with your hard work, equity, and money.

However, required downpayments were typically 40-50%, and would be difficult without a residency visa.

With the equity you’d free up, paying off $50k in personal debt and boosting your credit score while freeing up $3k/month sounds like it could significantly lower your stress and open doors for future projects.That said, selling means you’d lose a cash-flowing asset, even if it’s not huge.

I have not had any experience with Easy Street Capital, but David Lichten resides in Gardiner, Maine and I have done many deals with him. https://kennebecrealtycapital.com/It's great to have options and compare, plus he is local! 

We bought it for $399k, and it’s now worth about $650k with $250k equity.

Must have solar, ev charger etc.My materials distributors are expecting more inflation.Homeowners insurance is still going up.I wholly expect CA residents to continue to move there (wished I'd bought there!

In some cases, after crunching the numbers, the profit margin was so slim—or even negative—that I had to pass on some promising opportunities.Here’s my situation: I currently own two properties—a primary residence and a rental property—both of which have substantial equity.

does that mean they are getting the debt non recourse and you bring equity ?

I'm feeling most drawn to a buy and hold rental investing strategy and like the idea of the BRRRR strategy in tandem with VA loans, basically refinancing VA loan backed mortgages to conventional loans once there is 20% equity in the home.