This can include the time spent acquiring or improving rental properties, managing rental property portfolios, and advertising for tenants.Just keep in mind that you can’t combine time spent by both spouses to meet the 750-hour test. 3.

My father and I are a part of their group of syndicators - pretty active with over $250M and 4300 units acquired in the last 12 months alone.  

Even with no appreciation, your equity is still building fast which could result in acquiring another opportunity that may cash flow better immediately. 

Conduct thorough market research to understand rental demand, property appreciation potential, vacancy rates, neighborhood trends, and economic indicators.Please take some time to review your financial goals and develop a strong financial plan for acquiring and overseeing new properties.

My goals are long term growth over cashflow (at least breakeven and cashflow would be nice), I would like to buy properties with the intent not to sell, but to scale and continue to acquire more RE, and have the snowball effect pay off down the road in 5-10-15+ years, but again I'm open to all ideas. 

[Copied from my post in "General Real Estate Investing"]FUNDING UPDATE:Hi everyone, thanks for keeping up with me and my undying drive to acquire this property (off-market value-add duplex in my market).I spoke with my lender and the idea came up of pulling a HELOC on my 3-Unit house hack (which I bought some significant equity in) and using that line of credit for the down payment of a DSCR loan.

The cash flow jump was substantial and so of course I'd like to acquire more.

I’m 52 now and I’ve realized what good is acquiring and managing property for wealth if you can’t enjoy the fruits of your labor as long as possible.

Yes,  you can acquire an equitable interest and release it for a fee.

I think to better answer this question for your specific situation, I would like to know where you'd plan to live and the cost you'd acquire monthly for your new living expenses.