The house rents for $1200 month currently and will be able to get $1600 if renovated (finish basement bathroom, new flooring and fixtures, mainly cosmetic). 

I reside in CA, and have invested in first and seconds in my home state. 

thanks for the replies, to clarify a bit more, I'm mainly looking for an agent who can be my eyes and ears in the case I'm not able to be there in person to view the property.

Let me know if anyone need help in that.

The only reason I’m even on this path is because God put me here and my friend invited me onto her acquisition team!

Hi Ryan, I am looking to also buy a 4 unit in washington DC due to my job having me to relocate for work.

I apologize if I wasn't clear on my question, I didn't really go into my plans for how I would invest as I didn't think it really pertained to my question, yes I know I should not purchase a rental using a HELOC and certainly that wasn't the plan.Whether it be a flip or brrrr, I would use some investment vehicle that would allow me to pay back the money.Roll into as when I purchase my next primary home, use the equity towards the house.The premise of my question was just is owning a home expensive enough now to where it'd be worth putting more money towards it when purchasing to lower payment/pay off quicker, or would it still be worth it to use all of that money towards other real estate. 

fha. 3.8% interest and Currently owe 450kMortgage $3,400.00Currently we are renting home out for $2,400 and taking a lossLiving in an apartment for $1700 making total living cost $2700 with the 1k for covering loss on home Household income 180k-200k Please help me figure out what makes the most sense in this situation.

She told me I know the dogs live there so I should also take care of it. 

for me its just showing past performance.. and kicking the dirt..