The locations I am looking at (suburbs reasonably far from downtown and the Tech Center) have seen 3 total transactions in the last year.

Additionally, educate yourself on disqualified persons and prohibited transactions.  

I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but you don’t have to sell (and incur transaction costs, potentially realize a taxable event, etc.) to generate liquidity.

My goals would be to increase monthly cash flow and have more access to the property's equity for things like Cap Ex, etc....Here's a blurb from a lender's website:"By combining banking functionality with home financing into one dynamic instrument, borrowers are able to save tens of thousands of dollars and years off their loan""Designed after popular programs around the world, the All In One First Lien HELOC is the nation’s first transactional offset type-mortgage program.Home financing and banking combined:Deposits lower your loan’s principalFunds remain available for expensesInterest is calculated on the average daily balanceThis lowers the monthly interest paymentsTens of thousands of dollars can be saved over the life of the loanMortgage freedom can be achieved in half the time or less

Too many people involved to do a relatively simple transaction.

And thankfully, by the time I needed to execute on those options and actually complete the purchase of the leased properties, I had developed some private lender relationships that allowed me to complete those 3 transactions and several more thereafter.

@Mark Ainley and @Tom Shallcross host the podcast, and it is on my list to listen to daily.

You will need a RE attorney to transact this sale.

My tech stack together has made the daily operations a lot tighter! 

The transaction allows investors to increase the liquidity and diversification of their real estate investments while deferring costly capital gains and depreciation recapture taxes that may result from the sale of a property.Benefits: REITs also can provide the same ongoing benefits of real estate ownership including income, depreciation tax shelter, principal pay down, and appreciation.