What I do to see if the seller is motivated is, I pull title reports on properties to see how much a seller paid for the property and the balances of the mortgage.

I am enthusiastic, but slightly hesitant to pull the trigger.

Anyways, i got in to the property for not a ton of money and now i have a completely fixed up property less than 12 months later that is fully rented, cash flows, and i'm closing on a refinance soon and pulling out about 20-30k for my next deal.

But like @Amanda G. stated, it can be difficult to pull a HELOC from an investment property.

My question is what is the best option to pull out our cash?

I think you have two viable options.Refinance one of the properties and pull cash out to pay off debt and fix properties.  

And supposedly, you can't even pull criminal history until the tenant is otherwise approved, which is intended to prevent "finding" a reason to deny otherwise.

Hi,Looking for someone to help pull some equity out from a fully paid house in East LA and it's owned by an overseas investor (non-American)?

Once the unit is renovated I will be able to pull 1k/month.

I have used the prints and drawings I created on these sites to pull permits in my area.