Also, it has proven hard to extract information from local professionals like architects, that is not vague or conflicting. 

After doing so, I realized I could extract approximately 30k from a property by selling, to start the ball rolling.

What’s the minimum I need to do to sell the main house and extract the most value out of the land that’s just sitting there right now!.

Sooner or later, the piper gets paid, one way or another, and quite literally, all the worst payments extracted involve their children doing the paying for cheaters.Debt can be used to crush a nation, a business, a person who makes himself or herself a target.

I currently own a fully paid off SFR that I am looking to take 70-80% of the equity out of to put as a down payment on a new property. Since there is no mortgage, is a cash out refinance better than a HELOC? A fixed r...

Also if you want I can share my Spreadsheet to show you how you can extract the needed info out of these reports to be able to come up with a number to let you decided which is the best market you want to go into. 

Agree with @Thomas S. and @Joe Villeneuve :  Extracting the equity to redeploy into either a new asset class or a diversifying RE income stream would mitigate the risk of that equity evaporating due to market conditions. 

Ideally you can extract your initial purchase costs and the cost of the rehab but in full disclosure I have never been able to get all of my investment money out via this process (but I have gotten out almost all of my investment money).I am a big proponent of the steps I outlined. 

My attorney tells me this is a very common practice to extract a higher settlement.

It would take a long post to break down in detail but basically I used none of my own money on my first deal and it had enough equity that I have been able to finance everything else since without adding any funds other than extracting equity from my properties.