The property is not in top condition and needs replacement on roof and some other things and i wanted to change one of the half baths into a full and convert one of the rooms downstairs.

That all makes sense, and we definitely will have a professional help us- I guess I would also wonder, if 40% of the property (square footage) is rental but it is only rented 50% of the time would that be cut in half to 20% capital gains or would it be 40% no matter what the occupancy rate is?

I’m not saying I would not like appreciation on my home of course I would want it for safety and if I do want half the money if I sell it.

It's in pretty bad shape, cracked in half sinking in opposite directions. 

Half of these agents have sold less than $1 million in real estate.

Over half the STR in my city are not registered with the city.

@Alex GallisPG isn’t the easiest operating town.

HELOC is cheapest and probably easiest to qualify for. 

The next one should take half that time.The whole thing is not hard, it just takes doing lots of repetitive work and doing it consistently.

For the last year and a half we have been slowly remodeling the house and property.