Quote from @John O'Leary: Hi Joe,We’ve worked with several PadSplit investors to secure financing, and while these properties cash flow really really well, they do come with challenges—tenant turnover/issues and being the biggest ones.One hurdle we’ve seen is that getting financing can be tricky since PadSplit rentals are still considered non-conforming by most lenders.

I have always liked cold hard cash .

Quote from @Marc Zak: In the market where I live (San Diego), appreciation has been strong and many predict it will continue to appreciate in the long term.However, with current interest rates (6% at best) and property tax (2%), the annual cost burden is 8%.Am I correct in saying that appreciation has to be above 8% annually (plus whatever my maintenance and vacancy costs are) for me to make any money in this scenario if the property is cash flow neutral?

Current goal is focused on growing a portfolio and reinvesting cash flows.

Zero evictions and zero cash for keys.  

Hey John, if your priority is security paying off the mortgage in 5-6 years would give you a solid $4K/month net.Alternatively, you could use the HELOC to acquire a few rentals, likely in out of state cash flow markets with strong price to rent ratio.

@Christian Rodriguez  Typically there aren't any restrictions on how you want to use your cash once the Heloc has closed. 

It's at that point the borrower doesn't have enough cash to do that, and the lender forecloses on the property.

You likely only made a down payment of 3-20% ....but you still get to write it off on the full value across 27.5 years.So 400k/27.5 = 14,000 ish a year of a write off where during the year you didn't need to incur an actual expense, no cash outflow. 

It is a fantastic time to buy for equity, but it will be extremely tough to cash flow as rental prices are continuing to decline.