An equity cash out approach may be an alternative source for you .

They may have a market or if not, they can approach the excess or specialty market.  2.

Anyone willing to share their approaches to the current market, West Coast or otherwise?

I think the better approach is to combine an installment sale (453) with a monetization loan.

Now, this is a very simple approach, but it gives the high level view.

Your return probably is not as high as someone who owns real estate outright - there will be a cost to running the fund, including management, deal procurement, etc - but it's also a lot more passive.

Do some people approach renting this way?

I don’t have a lot of experience but from the research and networking that I’ve done, I would highly recommend using the BRRRR strategy to approach your first deal.

Any advice or recommendations on how to approach this?

Just curious how you will approach such a  large increase in one year?