I was just thinking today there was all this excitement about VA loan assumptions there for a while when interest rates started going up. 

Use tools like the VA loan for house hacking and your Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) to cover living costs while building equity.

They asked me to empty my savings, max out cards and then finally to take out a loan.

Both properties have a substantial amount of equity that’s essentially sitting idle.Would it be a good idea to tap into this equity (through a HELOC, cash-out refinance, etc.) to fund future fix-and-flip projects or purchase additional rental properties?

I'd recommend a HELOC for your situation, especially since there is already good equity in the project.

Many investors use new construction loans or bridge financing before refinancing into a long-term DSCR loan.

DSCR loans are not that low and regular hard money loans will be in the double digits.

My name is Jack Pasmore, and I’m a realtor and co-owner of Redeeming Equity LLC.

On October 31st Blue Metrix reached back out and said they weren't going to pay off the loan unless they got a greater discount.

. - will it influence property taxes once we move to conventional loan in 3 yrs?