Please give me some additional details and I can tell you whether or not it'll make sense. 

Post it in the Classified and you'll get all the Cleveland PM's reaching out to you.

Several banks offer soft inquiry options, I'd try those out prior to risking the HP.

I am a fellow house hacker and think it's the best way to get into the game if your circumstances allow it!

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

If the numbers make more sense on the 6 unit, then maybe look into selling your duplex and doing a 1031. 

The mortgage company gets paid off first, then in a traditional sale, the rest minus agent fees and utilities and closing costs goes to the seller.

The problem is that most wholesalers or off-market acquisition folks are being "trained" to follow a script, not solve a problem.

We have a balance of 266K on the mortgage @ 3 percent interest.

I appreciate this.I'm trying to simplify / streamline this even further (with fewer tools, if possible) and fewer "clicks" for me (goal for me is less management of tools and property and more "just click here" to get a process started).I like seeing how you have worked out your process, and thank you for sharing.