Assuming you have a good rate, you will want to keep that in place and utilize that equity tax free.

When I started I scaled back my lifestyle, sold stuff, and got debt free to fund my first rehab. 

Even if your original numbers were right you were going to be working for free - 325-225-50=50k-holding costs-closing costs-taxes = about Zero. 2.

A DST is a hands-off, institutional grade real estate investment (apartments, self storage, commercial, medical office, etc), that allows the investor the option to diversify into multiple markets around the country.

I don’t want to sell the house because i like the area, in fact i want to purchase more homes to flip or rent out in the area, but i need to free up some capital.

Cartersville is great as well which is a further out but has great growth prospects.Please feel free to reach out in my dms or contact info in bio - happy to help you get started in Atlanta however I can!

Yes  Feel free to reach out to me directly and we can go over specifics.

Happy to chat offline, feel free to reach out at the contact info in my signature or even DM me.

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