So I'd be pulling equity at 9% and only get paid 5% if I used the HELOC and kept the cash in my high yield account. 

I sometimes wonder if people just feel lazy dumping their money into an index fund in the stock market and actually using all that free time to go out and live life.

@John Reagan Johnson hope you don't mind a PMC answering, but most of our clients hire us because:1) They live out of state and don't have time & expertise to remote manage2) They don't have the time to manage3) They don't feel they have the necessary expertise and/or don't want to risk learning as they go and making an expensive mistake.Go read Kiosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant book.

My piece of advice would be to try to take advantage of as much free education as possible with podcasts, forums like these, YouTube, and other real estate investors.

Feel free to DM if you'd like to discuss any ideas!

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If your priority is cash flow, then you need to look at markets that support that.

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Anyways, I might take advantage of the free trial.