@Diandre PiercePaying down mortgages is the opposite of scaling.

Talk to a mortgage broker or lender experienced with LLC-owned properties before transferring ownership.

You're going to end up paying a lot more interest on a heloc than a 2nd mortgage, if you intend on holding that debt for more than a couple years. 

A real basic guess is 30 houses each cashflowing $1,000/month.In Metro Detroit, this means $1500+ in rent, with the difference convering taxes, insurance, maintenance and vacancy - NO MORTGAGE!

This year is slower than normal because mortgage rates and home prices are so high.

With most mortgages you can move after one year without any problems.

I was hasty due to the higher mortgage rates, and it turned out to be a huge mistake.

So your capital gain when you sell this property will be calculate against your tax basis and not against your mortgage as many investors expect.

Just note that if you want to put the property into an LLC and have a mortgage on it, you will need to talk with your provider to see if this is possible without refinancing.

Also the home is a subject to, where we are paying the remaining 3% mortgage, so a full refi would not be a great answer either.