Option 1: I invest my money in 401k/IRA accounts, but it may be more difficult to extract that money in order to invest in real estateOption 2: I keep piling my money in my savings account and I have easy access to it when I need it; however, the value of my money is decreasing because I am losing to inflationOption 3: ???

There is no way to extract water and avoid mold.

As for the refinancing, I would ensure that you're running numbers on loan to value ratios on your investment and also your primary that your extracting cash from.

Rick Rick,Am i understanding this to mean refinace to extract any excess equity?

I have an Oregon property owner who is in the hemp industry and extracts the oils and sells them pharmaceuticals that sell the oil to cancer patients.  

Believe that the forum was about, removing bees from via exterior extraction.

Yes you can wholesale on market deals ( if you do it correctly) Once you have mother figures (use my example) $330,000 divide by 1525= $216.00Then take the average square foot of the realtors figure ($220) and add it to the ($216)= $436.00. ( since you are only comparing the data the realtor extracted that same day of $220 and the actual real time figure you just extracted of $216, then you are comparing only 2 two dollar amounts.  

Most of my leads that I mail to are extracted through Rebogateway and are all in tax default.

Off the top of my head, I would say 80% of the homes we renovated get new roofs and new HVAC, which is a deferred expense of 15 to 20 years, to which at that time, the tenants have paid down the mortgage enough and time has played its part enough for the owner to have the option to extract a little equity out to replace capital expenses instead of sacrificing 48 months of cash flow to replace AC, Furnace and Roofs.

It will eventually work itself out in the long run, but this generally has more to do with "buying right" and making good decisions than extracting equity per se.Another possible reason to take equity out of a property is as a legal deterrent.