If you're simply looking to pull your capital out and cash flow with a LTR, the high ARV is great.

Hi Paul,You've done well with your duplex and have solid options for scaling.Refinancing at 90% LTV to pull out $157K lets you expand now but reduces your cash flow by $300/month.

I'm currently exploring the best options to pull the equity out of my current properties.  

I would recommend start going to see properties about 6 months before you are ready to pull the trigger, maybe starting with open housesand finally....

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. 

Tips: pull your own FICO score and call the local community banks and credit unions near you and ask what rates and terms they offer with a FICO like yours.  

.- Buy a multi-family home - I've seen some for as low as $250k, but I'm sure there will be different deals by the time I'm ready to pull the trigger.- Take out an FHA loan for 3.5%.

It's a great way to increase your net worth and these loans can also be used to pull cash out of a property as it appreciates allowing you to reinvest money into new deals.Happy to connect to discuss further. 

Hi all,Feel like I have this one kind of sorted out but I just wanted to run it by some people who may know better than myself.The plan is to pull out a HELOC to help subsidize a downpayment on my next rental property.

That comes when you've started looking at properties you could actually buy and you start over analyzing because you're afraid to pull the trigger.I experienced this in a different fashion when we bought a property and we were gutting our first kitchen and I didn't want to pull the trigger because I was a little afraid of just ripping everything out and what would actually happen.