If not I wouldn't bother selling as there is an incredible amount of money lost in buying and selling properties, so you have to make sure you have a plan to maximize the equity and actually have enough. 

And IMHO, the prices are dropping big time (on avg. 10K/month...houses that were above 300K a year ago are not selling at 250K now) and the available rentals saturation is worse than I seen during summer season (with rents dropping from 1$-1.08/sqft to 0.8$/sqft and very little contacts and applications...just go in Zillow and look how many rentals are on the market now in Kyle, New Braunfels or Converse). 

The hardest part of any syndication is raising capital and selling the investment.  

County has assessed for 200k but is worth more due to the area they are building homes left and right on that road and they are selling 300k+ and up.

Does anyone have experience buying properties for cheap from land banks, renovating them, and renting them out/selling them?

It's a very lucrative business to start a website and drive traffic to then turn around and sell the leads to realtors or lenders.

This could allow you to use the full amount for purchasing real estate without needing to sell your stocks outright and incurring significant tax implications.

They might have a contractor they can get in do all the work and get ready to sell!

Investing in single-family residence fix-and-flip projects in New York involves purchasing distressed or undervalued single-family homes, renovating them, and selling them at a profit.

He even agreed to selling me one of his since it’s already performing and ready to go.