Just haven't pulled the trigger yet on any one course. 

I talked to two different local credit unions about pulling 300K in locked equity out of our former primary home that we converted to a short term rental last year.

And you wont have enough equity to refi out any extra (you need 20% equity before you can start pulling out funds). 

Does this affect a cash-out refinance or pulling out equity in the form of a HELOC/equity loan?

The numbers back him up— His construction costs are around $200,000 a unit, and his units pull in $600+ ADRs and hit 83% occupancy, with NOI per unit up to $100,000, rivaling 5-star hotels.Financing these beautiful properties?

Paid cash for the purchase, and then financed into a HELOC to pull most of my funds back out and have access to the remainder if needed.

Also I should make it clear, I am really not all that successful of an agent, I'm not pulling down huge production numbers, but I'm also not really interested in sacrificing quality of service for volume and Ive not yet figured out how to scale in my way yet...but I've been at it about 3 years full time, so I'm still working it out I feel.  

Best thing to do is utilize the equity and pull out some cash to buy more properties.

We the people need to pull our heads out of our social media butt's, stop accepting BS, lies, antics and hate and start demanding answers, responsibility and accountability from our leaders again or were gonna reap the consequences. 

You can also pull credit report, see if they are being sued etc.