The house sits on 1 acre and is a 3 bed/1 bath in a quiet and safe neighborhood just outside my hometown.

I could see the fear of uncertainty steering me to stay in a "good job, with great benefits", to "play it safe", and while I always told myself "I'm doing it out of love for my family and their security", in truth, I did it mostly out of fear. 

Account Closed - read your state regs - a lot of your answers are there - in KS is my experience - our regs can be somewhat vague - we've found it's best to mimic some of what the regs are for SNF's to be safe. 

My goal is simple, I want my LLC to stand on its own feet and continue to flourish and grow while being a very favorable, safe investment to a private money lender with decent returns in hopes of a long-term relationship.

I hope you have a safe trip.

What is a safe strategy for leveraging the equity in our condo to begin building a RE portfolio here in the US?

I want to play this as safely as possibly .

When investors are concerned about the economy, demand for safe-haven Treasuries go up and the yield goes down. 

I'm thinking we should just set a time up with the tenants to change the locks and give them new keys to be on the safe side.

"Clean, safe, functional" works for us.