@Karen Wirkala if I was in your shoes I would keep the house and harvest the equity to leverage it into as big of a multi family I could afford in the Midwest. 

I made an appointment and was on the phone with him within a few days.To me, it feels like his ability to harvest his personality and social/tech credentials has made his real estate business grow faster than he expected.  

Their lousy motivated seller harvesting strategy is not working so they get a membership with propstream or some fancy software, or a new fancy gadget that lets them send a mailer just by taking a picture of the house.DUDE seriously... they simply do not understand how conversions workNO friggin Gadget is going to work.

If your voice message is wrong, and it resonates with traditional home sellers that want market value for their house, no matter how many leads you harvest, you make ZERO deals.You are asking the wrong question here.The correct question is, "am I truly reaching motivated sellers?"

AirBNB messaging does not allow URL or scheduling messages with images)Dynamic Pricing : Pricelabs or WheelhouseHostfully : Digital guidebook that can be a differentiator and can be used to harvest guest email etcCheers,BrotherRJ

Assuming you have strong reserves and good cash flow already, I would harvest some of the equity and go forth. 

It's pretty transparently an equity/appreciation harvesting scheme.

Can I take a second mortgage now to harvest some equity and put more interest expense on the annual rental property tax calculation?

I advise landowners wanting to convert from cropland to another ag valuation to leave the land as is because it will enhance the habitat and increase the wildlife food and cover requirements (of course that depends on what crops were grown) --down here in my neck of the woods rent for crop land does out way cattle grazing leases especially if the landowner participates in a percentage of the harvest in addition to a per acre charge for the land.

@Ned Carey,I picked up my first book by Harry Dent, The Roaring 2000s back when i was a senior in college in 1998.On page 297 in the book "The Roaring 2000s" (written in 1998) Reads as follows:"As we approach 2009, It will be a time to start harvesting stock and most real estate investments.