If he’s selling you something, then there’s a very good chance his “pitch” is not truthful.  

He talks about the role of green building practices not only in minimizing environmental impact but also in attracting eco-conscious tenants and buyers.

They want to try listing the property without upgrades, or just minimal upgrades, and it soon plummets in the rankings.

 I am also looking at the HELOC as a 1st and use the principles proclaimed in the Replace Your Mortgage pitch which I understand to be, Use it as a checking account and putting all your income into the HELOC and then pay bills from that account thereby using all income to more quickly reduce the interest. 

Obviously I want to minimize my taxes here.

Although I understand they will ghost me, if i can minimize that metric that would be great.

Be extremely conservative - assume very low rent growth, very low appreciation, and fairly stagnant interest rates, meaning minimal opportunity to increase cash flow through a refinance. 

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Everyone on this site will be pitching their markets.

The idea that you can build wealth without putting any money into it is a recipe for disaster and the sales pitch of gurus trying to steal your money.