My focus is shifting from cash flow to equity management as well as our portfolio mix.

They have had 100% occupancy at market rates and currently bring in around $2,000 per month in cash flow.

Purchase price: $320,000 Currently have a long term renter, the rent pays the mortgage and other expenses but provides no cash flow.

The Tampa Bay area can really be the best of both worlds in terms of appreciation and cash flow, as long as you execute correctly.

Start by leveraging what you already have—consider tapping into equity through a HELOC, house hacking again with an FHA loan, or increasing cash flow by converting a unit to a short-term rental.

---------------------------------------The fact that you are looking at "up and coming" areas tells me that you put more emphasis on appreciation than on cash flow.

The property will cash flow $500/mo or more after all expenses and cap ex reserves, as well as the payment on the SBLOC.

From digging into real time market data and calcualting cash flow.. to literally driving for dollars, you want someone with an incredible network of pros who can unearth leads (probate attorneys, divorce attorneys, local fix and flip circles) that might connect you with a ready buyer or flud tenant.

Not the cash flow play a lot of people expect. 

It seems like the shortest path to cash-flow with the less out of pocket expense.