@Joseph Pelensky It does not appear you will have the required closing costs needed to purchase a $700K building through a refinance or sale of your $285K duplex.

Put some things into perspective and gave me some good gems that could help make this easier to obtain.

Buying a rental property through an LLC can offer liability protection and may make it easier to separate personal and business finances.

Originally posted by @Sidney Wilson:I understand that it is sometimes easier to have a broker do the work to find a lender, but the 1% + I always paid to brokers was a fairly significant cost.

The easier you make it for your counterparty, the more time and effort they'll put in to making an offer on your note.

Real Estate is not a passive investment as so many say, you demonstrated you're in it for the long haul and willing to do the work• You learned from the experiences - you took the info from your first eviction and made the second potential eviction easier.

On the face of things it appears you will have a hard time getting a +10% ConC return.

My opinion is that Zillow appears to be the most accurate but I don't know if it depends on the area meaning maybe in another area, Rentcast or Rentometer may be more accurate. 

Now appears to be the start of a tipping point where people want to sell, but there aren't many buyers.

I have decided to look into a heloc, I'm a bit newer into realest state investing, I have completed a couple of fix%flips this year, I currently use hard money for the purchase with 10% down and I cover 100% of the rehab, with that said even just doing a couple of homes at a time, I find myself around 200k out of pocket, I think it would be a bit easier on myself and wife if we utilized a heloc vs just cash, my primary should appraise around 1.1m and my mortgage is 640k, I'm looking at pulling about 250k for a heloc, I don't want to refi the home and cash out as I only want to pay interest on funds as I use them ( I know I won't always be using the heloc cash) Any advice or even knowledge for people in a similar situation, and anyone have a referral for a Heloc?