The problem with this option is that the equity payout would be pretty close to the same as the HELOC payments.

If you were able to pull out $500,000 in existing equity out of a paid off rental and disperse those funds to acquire 2, 4-unit MFR properties and had the income to support any future CapEx and the interest payments on your HELOC ( including the extra income to paydown the loan ) would there be any " gaps " or problems I'm missing in this situation where it would be a bad enough idea to not go through with acquiring more properties through a HELOC on 1 of 5 properties you own?

First I scour past posts to see if my problem has already been encountered (usually, yes) or my question has been answered (again, usually yes).

. - If there area MANY, then that is a problem.

I have no problem handling the debt with my overall income, but the bank is putting pressure on me to do something now. 

As the great philosopher once said, "mo' money, mo' problems".I think the reduced leverage plan is a good choice to free up some DTI but obviously the extra fees on DSCR could start to add up a little.

Queen or King beds that use wood slats can be a problem.

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For 7 months straight I was -$300 to -$700 a month because of repairs called in by the tenant (tenant   wasn't breaking things as confirmed with Property Manager).A 100 year old renovated house is going to have problems.