I would NOT QUIT your job until you start gaining traction with wholesaling business.

Trying to think win-win to preserve friendship and also benefit rental business. 

I feel like I'm gaining a lot of general investing knowledge through BP, but still struggling to know how to locate and purchase my first deal.It would be great to connect with local people as well as receive any good advice.

My lender says it makes sense to at least refinance even if I wasn’t cashing out to get rid of PMI and have increased tax benefits from the increased interest rate.

My wife is extremely risk averse so this slowly built her confidence in us leveraging my professional skill sets outside of the W2 for greater financial gain. 

My concern is, am I missing out on the connections that a good broker may have that I don’t and, are there any other benefits I’m missing? 

considering taking the gains to put down on a small multi family, or SFH in an A/B class neighborhood. 

You get a 15% reduction on the original investment and all capital gains made from the QOF are Tax-free.

I suggest you go back to him asking about legal fee dollar numbers.You need also to specify the capital gain number.

Im doing this because I'm not ready to sell and would like to have the cash flow and investment tax benefits while it's leased.