Weigh the long-term benefits of the low mortgage rate you have versus selling and getting $500k from a sale exempt from capital gains tax.

You will need to scale up versus doing houses to hit your numbers.   

I bet they wait until January or February so they don’t have to pay the tax on those gains for another year (which is why we may be seeing less selling this month than in a normal cycle).

That will not get you to 100k as at best you could go DSCR and get 80% (if numbers even work).Regarding property not complete, if you have paid cash to date, your best bet would be to get a hard money loan for $100k to complete the renovations and pay off some debt and then refinance once its completed.

The 15% tax hit is a one time expense, versus 4.3% is annual interest.

If not, hard money is probably your best bet

I love it.Initial things to consider - Real Estate is a tangible investment versus stocks, which aren't. 

As a new investor, your best bet is to start small with an app like DealMachine or Propstream so you have direct control of your options.

Your making a bet on them, that they can operate there business well and thus, will be good tenants. 

However, it's a safe bet that these respective areas will continue to appreciate steadily for the reasons noted.