A VA can help you compile lists of potential wholesalers, manage follow-ups, and even track responses from your marketing efforts—freeing you up to focus on high-level strategy and deal analysis.Hope these ideas help!

It would be a good idea to assess your tolerance to risk and then plan something like that, but using a heloc is going to be around 9-11% in this market so to pay something off with lower interest rate to borrow more might not make much sense.

Does anyone here have any idea (based on data), if the home prices will be going up or down in 2025?

Any ideas on how to get access to the $1M?

While I love the idea of eventually owning a paid-off primary residence, I’m debating whether it’s smarter to sell our current house and use the equity as a down payment on the new home or to keep it as a rental.

I would love to connect and get a better idea of your rental strategy and see if I can help!

There were great suggestions, ideas etc.  

If the idea of doing accounting or finance is not appealing, don't do it.

Plug in the town your property is in and get an idea of what other landlords are renting their properties for.https://www.furnishedfinder.com/?

however, if you could find a loan product that worked for you and your situation, its a fantastic idea in my mind, and worth taking a swing for.