@Ray Pryer I would personally start out with a conventional 5% down loan if I were in your shoes.

https://www.har.com/content/newsroom/Houston Real Estate Highlights in July: Single-family home sales rose 9.1 percent year-over-year, with 8,108 units sold;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes remained unchanged at 48 days;Total property sales increased 8.5 percent, with 9,559 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 11.4 percent to nearly $2.8 billion;The single-family home median price rose 5.9 percent to $243,500, reaching a July high;The single-family home average price also achieved a July record, rising 2.4 percent to $305,910;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.2-months supply, down fractionally from 4.3 months last July, but nonetheless at the highest level since August 2017;Townhome/condominium sales rose 6.1 percent, with the average price up 6.9 percent to $215,110 and the median price up 9.3 percent to $165,000;Leases of single-family homes fell 1.9 percent with the average rent up 5.6 percent to $1,916;Volume of townhome/condominium leases dropped 6.6 percent with the average rent up 7.7 percent to $1,666.

@Matthew Zachman I was in your shoes a couple years ago, with the goal to purchase a <$500 multi-family in the Houston area to implement the now famous house-hacking strategy.

If I were in your shoes I'd get some sort of portfolio or commercial loan on some of the properties you own while continuing to rent them out and allow your tenants to pay back the note

Given this information, if you were in my shoes what would you do?

Rose park, West Valley, Kearns, Magna in Salt Lake County are places I would avoid personally.4) Can't speak to much about this however I know there's some local REIA meetups centered around wholesaling going on  so they must be doing alright :)Sorry for my limited knowledge but hopefully that gives you some insight.Good Luck

I have considered selling some of the items but the woman was so petite like shoe size 4, I don't see a huge market for it. 

@Jamie Rose I have already bought a duplex using my VA loan job and credit score are no issue either.

Private equity is a service provider (sort of like a "shoe shine". or a "car wash", or "barber", just on a different scale.)

The more $ you have, the stronger your position will be.I've been in your shoes.