If it sells for >$120k I'll get a good chuckle and continue being clueless about this market. 

Building out my portfolio with strategic, secure passively cash-flowing assets to continue to build leveraged equity.

DSCR loans could be a good option if you want to continue to grow your rental portfolio.

There are but we have not continued in that particular area. 

I'm going to continue my real estate investment plans!!

However, if you'd like to continue to grow your portfolio and use your own funds (instead of OPM), then I would tend to say take out more than the 50k in order to fund future purchases.

Continue to do your research and also ask ChatGPT questions as well as I have been finding Ai to be super useful for research lately.

Refinancing next year would likely allow you to lock in a potentially lower rate than the 8% you're currently at, especially if the market conditions continue to favor lower rates.Avoid Duplicate Fees: You're right in thinking about avoiding duplicate fees for the refinance and HELOC.

Hi There - We have had several clients make the numbers work here in Chicago typically with either FHA 203k and home style renovation loans.I continue to remind everyone that a single or walk right now will be a double, triple, or even a home run down the road. 

After some time, she finds my personal address in trust and continues to insist I don't own my properties (she is not entering the correct address - there are several towers in my rental and she is assuming one and I own in the other).