At first, you won't be able to offset your W2 income with losses, but it is nice when you sell a property at a profit and all the capital gains are wiped out by losses from other properties.A huge amount of tax savings get unlocked if one of you leaves your W2 job to focus on real estate and you get Real Estate Professional Status (REPS). 

We are having issues with one of the tenants.

Your only way to get cashout is a full-blown cashout refinance.Not aware of a lender that will do a HELOC as a junior lien to seller-financing.

If you want to get the most out of your new Pro membership, add a photo, a bio, and some information in your profile so people know they are communicating with a real person.

For the seller (John) to defer capital gains via a 1031 exchange, the sale proceeds must be reinvested into like-kind property within 180 days.

Quote from @Mike Sfera: for a duplex, is the BP rent estimate for per unit of combined?

We would touch up and possible paint a couple of the walls/ceilings.

I believe that all you need to do here is get a link to your profile (which you can find by navigating to your profile by clicking on your photo), then copy and paste that link into the FB group.

Quote from @Taylor Davila: What is the average cost of converting a single family home into a duplex? 

It requires a Roku TV and WiFi.