If you feel ambitious, you could try a BRRR strategy adding additional equity to the subject home and then taking equity out of it to pay off either the HELOC or if you decided to the refinance the primary residence. 

If you can't manage what you currently have, you won't manage additional income from investments.

However, because the Department of the Treasury recognizes that reporting companies may need additional time to comply given the period when the preliminary injunction had been in effect, we have extended the reporting deadline as follows:Reporting companies that were created or registered prior to January 1, 2024 have until January 13, 2025 to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports with FinCEN.

Join your local real estate investors association for additional education and networking. 

additional challenges are the inventory shortage and good contractors being extremely busy. 

Finished basement as well with additional room (and has the additional bathroom). 

Wanted to revive this post and check to see if anyone else has additional information or input on rental in Cahokia, IL / Cahokia Heights, IL . . .

(Call it 20% federal and 5% state ($15k in income tax, plus the $45k in additional taxes you created.).

Additionally, young adults are living together with no intention of marriage.  

I use all of them:-Brokers-Platforms like LoopNet, Crexi (my favorite), and BiggerPockets Deal Finder-additionally, brokers often have access to off-market opportunitiesWhen dealing with brokers, I've found that you have to build a relationship in order to get a good deal flow.