At this point the value of the house is still increasing but not at the same rate as the previous years for a number of obvious reasons (high Interest rates,  age of house, etc.) and at this point I'm not sure what my next move should be since I don't like having all that equity tied up in the property and borrowing against it (HELOC) doesn't seem like a good idea since banks seem to be charging even higher than "normal" interest rates because the house is not my primary residenceIt's been almost 2 yrs since a I moved out of the house and I know my time is running out before we'll have to pay capital gains on the property if we chose to sell it [unless I do a 1031 exchange of course] but wondering what other options I might consider.

Wholesaling can be an alternative strategy in the real estate market, but its success varies based on Richmond's specific conditions.

Will keep them at gradual increases.

I would then keep the extra hours going towards increasing my pension, extra overtime hours that would have been spent on my rental, my year-end bonus would be bigger, and I can come it with a significantly higher cost basis lowering my tax liability.

The costs on your vacation rental could be quite high, pushing any increased return far into the future. 

Thus the reason why most people are much more successful on one platform versus another because as your booked rate increases so does your search ranking on that platform and then it continues to fuel itself. 

I just heard back from the bank and her response to my inquiry I emailed and said"I'm not finding any information that the adverse market refinance fee is still active, I've only found information to the contrary.Linked article from The Federal Housing Finance Agency mentioning the fee has been done away with as of August 1, 2021"Her response"You are correct, no hit for Cash out on primary residence, that has gone away but we do have adjusters for Loan to value and cash out loan to value along with credit score and 2-4 unit"This is problematic to me on so many levels, why was she willing to increase my interest rate based on her ignorance, who is watching and making sure these lenders are doing the right thing?

I think he might just increase his insurance liability coverage per property.

Keep in mind you are a real estate INVESTOR, not a Property collector.Second, you have to flip your cash from one property into the next, with each flip increasing the dollars you have to advance. 

Hello Shawn,Congratulations on going under contract.I do not quite understand your question, but if you are asking how to increase cash flow:1) Find out how much tenant is paying in rent.2) Run a rental market comps and find out what is market rent.3) If there is a difference between 1 & 2, then present that to the current tenant and offer them slightly below market rent if you would like to keep them rather then having your property sit on market for 30-45 days to get it rented.