This gives us a healthy profit and we should be able to get our initially injected funds out at stabilized refinance.

Disclaimer: I'm a satisfied Lifestyles member. 

Selling your house could be SMART if you have a healthy capital gain.

@Sebastian Papworth yes we agree on certain things and disagree on others and it’s healthy.

Yes, dedicate resources as need be to feed that "milker" to stay healthy, of course, how else do you get the milk right. 

You may only need 5 properties or 20 properties depending on your lifestyle.

and... maybe your lifestyle doesn't permit it, but could you do a house hack or live in flip?

I actually had to get enough units where I could offer tenants multiple housing options when I purchased properties rented at way under market rates and then (an embarassing number of times) personally watch tenants that would "suffer" from a rent increase turn down smaller (but nicer places) or  nicer places in a less prestigious zip code (sometimes only minutes away) before I realized that I was hampering my ability to earn a living in order to subsidize the lifestyle choices made by a some random stranger that happened to live in a property I bought.

I've been able to get a healthy combination of both cashflow and appreciation from all my properties after a little TLC.

In the surrounding areas to Branson, we're seeing a rise in demand for properties that offer more than just a place to sleep - they offer a lifestyle, a home away from home.