They have great advice for people deep into debt - they give terrible advice for people who are striving for financial freedom through investing. 

I have a background in consumer lending in a nicer area of town - typical clientele are 750+ FICO with cumulative DTI (with new debt) of <35%...

Also on taxes, if you sell your equity now does that mean you are realizing some of the gain now, or is it really just a debt product by another name?

A third reason could be that if you don't do this right, and have to bail on the investment, you could end up under enough debt to lose your primary home.

Obviously, dont put an unqualified person in there, but with record credit card debt in America, and a worsening recession on the horizon, one can expect much worse credit scores across the board vs 5 years ago.I have struggled to place tenants in my properties before, and have fixed the issue by adjusting my screening parameters. 

I have a debt to income of ~30%.

The combination of lower debt costs and rising cap rates is reinvigorating investor interest, particularly in prime urban locations.

Leveraging debt would be best, not cash (in my opinion).

new to this and just looking for some advice guess i really i don't no where to start so any advice is appreciated bought my first house in may and thing seem to be going well so far its more of a boarding house / house hacking roommate situation with people i know for the moment plan on doing some things to up the equity but am limited on funds i know the neighbors house just sold for a bit more then i paid for mine so that's a plus and mine is nicer and in better shape i have almost no debt for the most part except the current mortgage on said house don't make much from my day job less then 3k a month after taxes and have good credit. i guess i just really need to know where to start should i be starting a LLC or something similar?

Selling could free up equity for rental properties or debt reduction.