Highly recommend partnering with a local realtor who knows the market. 

  • High renovation costs.

For the high cost areas like Palo Alto it is difficult to get a property to cashflow out the gate because rents have not caught up with the cost. 

Let brokerage grow, tenants pay down mortgage, and save up for another property organically (Cons - slow growth, waisting equity// Pros - low risk)2) Cash out the $300k brokerage account, pay off the townhouse, start cash-flowing $2,400/mo, and save up for new investment or 1031 into multi family(Cons - cap gains tax on cash out, high Oregon income tax penalty, hard to find deals being $2,400 monthly cash flow) // Pros- cash flow, increased leverage into large investment)3) Cash out $300k brokerage and put into separate Multi Fam property, hoping for $2,400/mo+ cash flow, keep townhouse rented as is (Cons - cap gains tax on cash out, not utilizing equity PROs - increase portfolio value, higher upside with value add or rent increase on new units?)

Highly appreciated.Does that mean I can deduct this loss from any rental profit from any of my properties or should it be just deducted from the same property income in the future year?

I’ve seen Windsor hills and it looks nice, hoa seems high though.

Even if it's a total rehab if the land bank has a property in an area where the arv's are substantially high wouldn't that be a good deal or a promising neighborhood for buy and hold.

By offering real value in a way that has high demand, I’ve been able to build strong relationships with people who are actively doing deals.

I would look FAR AND WIDE for someone to do an investment property HELOC -OR- go to a bunch of banks and CUs (including who you bank with now) to find someone to provide an unsecured (or secured if you have other collateral) LOC to get rid of the high int debt.

Houses in my development have sold as high as 585k, my house was appraised for 475k as is.