Welcome to BP Stephen, did you know when you are a Pro member your profile badge in forums makes you stand out as someone who is serious about investing and you’re 3x more likely to receive a colleague request than free members? 

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

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.

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

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!

I used to be a part time web developer and I know for a fact that a single like from an ad you posted online automatically becomes a lead. 

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

If you have an "early buyout termination" clause in the lease he is free to use this option. 

Feel free to reach out if I can be of any assistance.