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They are more concerned about (no particular order) cash flow over the entire hold period, appreciation, value adds, equity gain at purchase, exit strategies, tax consequences, etc.Simple truth is San Diego historically has produced outstanding cash flow over hold periods when equity has not been extracted. 

So then they had to make arrangements with us to allow them back in to retrieve the cats & the cops had to be on site for that extraction. 

I am seeking advice on what my best course of action is in extracting equity to invest in other properties.

It won’t add any meaningful privacy.

In these respects, debt can be a more secure investment than equity.As to which laws apply, the conversation is too nebulous for a meaningful analysis.

All of which I'd expect to produce more than 5% annually.Cash flow is important (especially when I want to stop working), but the majority of wealth in real estate comes from building equity (leveraged appreciation and debt paydown).I will hold cash for the benefits it offers (liquidity), but I just can't get comfortable holding it as an investment.I also don't see an asset class as basic to human needs as real estate meaningfully dropping in price when there is a national inventory shortage.I'll be the first to admit that I don't KNOW what the future brings, but until someone talks me out of it, I'm going to keep acquiring real estate. 

If you can't extract yourself and cashflow then you're trapped. 

To extract your equity you will have to either do a heloc or a cash out refi.

The good thing is that it's easy to file your taxes as a non-resident either using tax software that extracts MS income and expenses.