Patience and flexibility will be essential in this market.Key TakeawaysPalm Beach’s market is adjusting, but it’s far from stagnant.

This hands-on approach could also give you more flexibility to adjust to market conditions, like listing at the right time.Lastly, even though you didn’t invest your own money in the deal, building relationships with your private money lenders and owner financiers for future deals is key.

Once you’ve built enough equity, refinance and pull cash out to acquire more properties.Leverage Knowledge: Learn about tax benefits, depreciation, and using LLCs to protect your assets as you grow your portfolio.If I were your age, I would’ve networked more with real estate investors early on and diversified faster.

Most people enter partnerships because of FEAR, or want of COMPANIONSHIP not any real benefit.  

You could pull out cash tax-free and still benefit from depreciation and other deductions on the rental side, which could reduce your tax liability.Quick Tax Comparison:Selling:Capital Gain: $160,000Tax Due: ~$32,000 (at 20%)Net After Tax: ~$128,000Refinancing:Loan Amount: ~$263,500 (at 62% LTV)Tax Impact: None on the cash-outRental Deductions: Continue benefiting from depreciation and mortgage interest deductions.Refinancing offers liquidity without the immediate tax hit and lets you maintain rental income, making it potentially more advantageous.All of these are rough numbers of course, but just some different ways to think about it!

@Jim Bouchard  the only action for you right now is to maybe adjust the closer on the screen door so it doesn't slam.  

Once you transition one of the homes into a full time rental you will reap that benefit by filing a schedule E at the end of the year.There are a few loopholes to consider like calling one home a "Vacation/Second home" which allows you to pull out 80% LTV with a better rate. 

I think you have to travel back to Canada every so often to keep the benefits. 

Hi all,Feel like I have this one kind of sorted out but I just wanted to run it by some people who may know better than myself.The plan is to pull out a HELOC to help subsidize a downpayment on my next rental property...

Whether or not the other benefits of new construction outweigh this diminishment of potential appreciation could be the topic of another post.Deeper dive and feedbackI’d be super interested to hear from folks on this topic.