To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Everyone is looking for a short-sighted win of getting a monthly dividend or payout, instead of becoming deeply involved to help the company 100x the revenue in 5-8yrs while maintaining 50-60% margins.

A "Fed Coin" is a possibility for the future as they try to find a way to maintain control over money. 

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Today I am full time real estate.   

He simply wants to be 100% done.Given the above mentioned scenario, I am wondering what the best possible situation would be to make this happen, while possibly still maintaining the option to pull out equity for capital improvement projects with a bank. 

I am planning to buy and maintain my property myself...

I think there's a lot one can do on their own to maintain it, but it does require diligent effort.

This will also afford you the opportunity to go over to the property and see how things are maintained overall with your renters.

Look at houses maintained by homeowners with this mindset and you'll see how much can be done to repair what you already have and how decent repairs can last a long time and be perfectly suitable especially for a rental and often at a small fraction of the replacement price.