Your old carpet did not become more valuable over the seven years you owned the property, even if you are selling for a gain.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $720,000

Cash invested: $463,183

Sale price: $751,100

From there, you can utilize that team to gain experience and understanding into the market.  

Using your own funds to pay down your loan so you get a bigger loan sounds like a zero sum gain (aka IE using 1 dollar to pay down loan so you can net 1 more dollar from the new proposed loan) So how are you going to net more cash when spending 1 dollar to get another 1 dollar ?

Fortunately, you will be able to to a 1033 exchange into new property and avoid any tax on the gain. 

I know there's passive pockets here but I'm not sure it's worth it? 

If you live in the property for at least two years, you can sell it without paying ANY capital gains tax (unlike traditional flipping).We've done this a few times, but almost every time, we end up keeping the home as a rental.

It's not that it would be considered passive, it would be considered investment money.  

Very passive, but expect it will require patience.  

Hey everyone currently active duty military I would love utilize my va loan for investment  purposes don’t know where to start  in GA btw