The main thing is making sure your investments produce a return that outweighs the cost of the borrowed money.A full cash-out refinance could work down the line, but with rates where they are, you’d be trading a 6.25% ARM for something likely higher, now that it is not an owner-occupied property, which may not be worth it unless you really need the capital to scale.

When Joyce was showing me homes to buy she would look at people's personal items in there cabinets and closets many times.

STR demand is there, but regulations can be stricter.2.

We are wanting to buy out the kids for their half, take some cash out, and then use it as a rental property.  

Any tips or advice? 

If entities are disregarded, you can keep up with more than 1 in a single QBO account using the location/business feature to keep track of them separately.

I will offer any kind of assistance that I can.

I don't think that agents realize that they lose all credibility putting a post out there like this.

There are a few more “big ticket” items that need to be considered (Minisplits & landscaping) but most of the major costs have already been accounted for on this property.We currently have a 30 year conventional mortgage with a 7.125% rate on a purchase price of $750k. 

If you are living there you can keep the 4% rate.If you are not living there you can rent it out to pay for the property taxes.