It may cash flow for a year or 2 but once things start breaking or something goes south with a tenant or it sits vacant for a few months, all of that previous "cash flow" is wiped out.The business model is a high CapEx / low cash flow business model relative to the value of the assets.Rentals are a great long-term wealth-building vehicle (appreciation, loan pay down, tax benefits, etc).Don’t rely on them to pay for your groceries.Sounds like you have a lot of experience in negative CF, and not in positive CF. 

Using a heloc as 1st mortgage really only has a major benefit if you have idol cash sitting around from your paychecks. 

So there could be benefits from starting a new lease for that reason.

And the passive loss rules may prevent you from getting a tax benefit if your rental deductions are more than your rental income for all of these options.David OrrTax Modern

It indirectly impacts the credit score, which would be included in either metric.

I’ve never managed roommates or lived with roommates but I know it will benefit me so if  the triplex doesn’t work out I wouldn’t mind having roommates.

They will mostly just split their occupancy rates on multiple platforms without getting too much benefits out of it. 

I never paint, swap rugs (except flooding), or do other improvements on rent controlled units This can lead to blight.Who benefits from rent control?

Ok, so now we have videos stating to knowing the directed actions result in, directly, various breach of contracts etc etc as DOSC shows.

.—(1) Whenever money is deposited or advanced by a tenant on a rental agreement as security for performance of the rental agreement or as advance rent for other than the next immediate rental period, the landlord or the landlord’s agent shall either:(a) Hold the total amount of such money in a separate non-interest-bearing account in a Florida banking institution for the benefit of the tenant or tenants.