Quote from @Monty Alston: Quote from @Travis Timmons: You need more income, not more debt.

You'll likely also reduce your cost of living by moving to a stabilized apartment.Depending on the cashflow and debt paydown, you can use this strategy until you've built enough equity to reinvest.On the other hand, getting into a multi-family after refinancing will also help you build substantial equity to rinse and repeat in the coming years.

You can lend at higher rates or look for debt funds that are taxed differently.

Squatters can now be locked out of a property and their possessions removed, but a landlord CANNOT physically remove the squatters themselves.The local police are supposed to enforce these laws and assist landlords in removing squatters.The reality is that when you call the Detroit Police to remove squatters:1) The police often don’t know/care about squatter laws and state you must take the squatters to court to evict them.

It is small multifamily with 30 year fixed rate debt. 

The denominator in the calculation is your capital/equity and with no debt the return on your existing equity is low.

Selling gets a tax free gain and allows you to be more liquid; keeping it allows you to have once in a lifetime cheap debt and have that leverage on an appreciating asset. 

Do they have any debtJust because you are a note fund does not mean you do not have debt.

Or paying off my debt, while I provide them with a nice house to live in instead of an apartment. 

@Daniel Tanasa   Unfortunately that is not correct when it comes to mortgage debt.