Higher leverage means (hopefully) a better return on your invested capital.  

Selling some property to pay down high-interest debt is good, but also consider looking into ways to refinance or leverage your existing assets for better cash flow.

Using a HELOC can work, but it's still a second loan on one property so I wouldn't be looking for a way to leverage one of your two properties just yet to get a third.

Many real estate investors also leverage their IRAs and 401(k)s, including solo 401(k)s, to invest in more deals while deferring taxes.

As the great philosopher once said, "mo' money, mo' problems".I think the reduced leverage plan is a good choice to free up some DTI but obviously the extra fees on DSCR could start to add up a little.

Fast forward a few years, and you'll feel like a genius with a low maintenance, leveraged, and appreciating asset.

What type of property and where would you leverage this toward, Single Family, Multi Family, Commercial, Mixed Use, Land...?

.🔴 Over-leveraged finances: Borrowers with excessive debt or insufficient personal capital invested in the deal could pose a greater risk of default.🔴 Questionable property comps: Overstated market values or inappropriate comparables may mean they’re inflating expectations.As always, thorough due diligence is your best protection.

But the other side of the coin your expenses go way up when your employer is now not paying you any bene's and you have to pay all your own health retirement self employment tax AMT tax etc etc. trying to do this with max leverage is going to be a long slog to replace a 150 to 200k a year job with bene's.

And when a rising tide is lifting all boats, groups that amplified their results by using risky high leverage could score some massive returns until the music stopped, then will subsequently struggle to keep the rest of their portfolio out of foreclosure.