Annual taxes are low.

If you plan to keep your current home as a rental, a home equity loan or HELOC could help fund your new home’s remodel while keeping your low mortgage rate.

My thought is to use a HELOC for the down payment on a new property (20% down), then once I acquire it, do a cash-out refinance to pay off the HELOC while keeping my original low rate intact.

I put roughly 20% down on a $200k home, and am curious what steps I could take to possibly turn my original investment into a large portfolio within the next 10 years, when we're currently "low on liquid funds" after finishing up a wedding.... 

Your primary has an incredibly low interest rate, and your rental (I hope) is getting positive CF, which means your tenant is paying it off for you. 

The thing that would deter me from this location is a background rate of appreciation of 3.12% and low school ratings.

This gives a better snapshot of market trends than averages, which can be skewed by high or low sales.November: $484,995December: $484,500January: $491,995 How long would it take for my home to sell?

Add those people in by using County or Schoolarea population.Example:Town1:#ofunits/headcount= 300 units in the area/ population 3,000= 10 unitsper 100 people.Town2:5004,000= 12.5 per 100Town3:andso on.Doevery stand alone town in a 60 mile radius, or until your satisfied.You will get a High, Low and a average.

Parking is worth more than money down there in OB.....And I am pretty sure that your $$ numbers are low, about 50% at least.

The only thing that makes these properties turn key is the fact they are move-in ready for a lower income tenant with low expectations.