I don't want to get stuck in analysis paralysis, but I definitely think I have a lot more watching, listening, and reading to do before I have half a clue what path I should take.

You could be flexible with how much you use for your next investment down payment, aka use just a little bit of the HELOC + your savings, or use mostly HELOC and keep your savings, or half and half.

I can honestly say that without you over the last two and half years I would not have made the kind of money that I have.

We're proceeding as usual and also put one up for sale about a week and a half ago.

@Jasmine Richardson what about finding an equity partner who can go in half with you or possibly be a private lender.

I'm currently a month and a half into a HELOC application.And another thing...

It also saves probably a day and a half to two days on the turn around.

. $3000 rent and you're looking at over half of your "cash flow".That leaves you with $350-450 to "ramp up" your reserves for other repairs, assuming you take no distribution and have no other expenses.At the end of the day it all depends on your risk tolerance and what you consider a good deal.

My prior post was focused only only half your question. 

So, when the agent closes a transaction, his broker receives the commission due for their end of the transactions, then the agent gets half, in this example, of the commission.To your question, if it’s a licensed broker who directly completes the transaction, then there is nobody with which to split the commission.Take it one step further.