Determine your price range, review your financial situation and if you need to finance, check out your options.

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Also instead of doing a HELOC just do a refinance in the property.I also live in Canada so check out your local tax and capital gains rules etc.

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@Adam Rhodes  make the check out to both of them unless you have signed permission  from them to divide it evenly and send it separately to each. 

Might take 200k all in especially if you're leaving some cash in a contingency fund (recommended). check out airdna and see what occupancy and lease rates look like in your target cities. this should help put into perspective what kind of cash flow to expect then cross reference that data with zillow listings to see what type of purchase prices you should expect. 

And here in Hawaii, adding sq. ft. to a property generally a great thing to do - but I agree with Rick, check out comps, and see if the extra space will give you a decent return on your money.