Trying to balance out cash on cash and overall house value over time.Thanks again Have and had are the two biggest factors here. 

Another item to factor is cost.

They see the lower rent and don't factor in the extra expense. 

If you bought it in the last 2 years, you may just be seeing the result of the property tax assessor factoring in the new value of the sale. 

Hello Everyone,I was talking to an investor in regards to financing and his suggestion was to get a 500k loan to put towards all current debt, but wasn't sure all the factors that may be implicated with going this route.My current portfolio has 2 properties (1 LTR, 1 MTR = 370k), and current debts: HELOC at 54k and a vehicle at 40k. 

Factors such as competition, food trends, lack of management, ingress etc, can close these stores. 

Honestly, the proper strategy at this moment would depend on a few factors that would be a bit difficult to get into on this board.

I’ve designed and built a house to sell, I bought and flipped a foreclosure, and currently in a live in flip.

Conventional financing is geared and regulated for the owner occupied homeowner and is designed to protect that borrower from poor lending practices.  

You seem to believe cash and financing are your limiting factors and if you were only going to buy 1 property that might be the focus, but to buy many deals you need processes in place to find opportunities.