@Cody L.true, thats why i am being very selective on my "get done" number because i am going to essentially be sitting to see where i can extract value from.in this particular scenario, I am now living in houston so I think i would rather upgrade into a bigger house if i can get a good deal on it, or start a business that requires a little more active management but with some more upside potential.  

This has taken about a month to extract from the city and I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

So I want to EXTRACT every single year the 2% rent increase as honestly I am just keeping pace with inflation.

Makes no difference to me at the end of the day.Whereas most of the landlords on this forum are doing their level best to maximise every penny from a tenant, I'm not exactly poor, I don't need to extract every penny out of tenants.We did have a couple move out this weekend, they spent two years with us, and not only will they get all their deposit back, we will send a house warming gift also.

If they don't answer, I honestly don't have time to go through them all trying to extract this important information.

Once the new tenant is in at the higher rate, could you also refinance to extract capital for other investments? 

You could have an attorney write a scare letter to try and extract what little money the previous tenant has now to settle it.

I needed to extract a confession, and I'll be frank- waterboarding, as tempting as it sounded in this case, was not an option.I resorted to the use of skill and subterfuge- in essence, I decided to fight fire with fire.

I guess the part where I struggle is understanding how paying fees, getting a higher interest rate, and not being able to extract 100% equity anyways would end up being a great savings plan.I wonder how much I'd save if I put the costs to even get an HELOC and any incurred during the life of it towards the mortgage instead, aggressively paid it down, and kept my emergency savings fund the same rather than growing it.I imagine there are a few fringe scenarios people can concoct where paying money to use a loan to pay a loan saves money, but not many real world ones.

Hello, Looking to re-fi my home and extract equity in the process.