I have equity in my duplex that I would like to leverage, but the interest rate on the mortgage is at 2.7% so I don't want to cash out refinance (considering interest rates right now are in the 6-8% range).

What should I do  Sorry @Mike,  is no guarantee HR block agent understands well about cost seg for STR, if you lucky maybe.Look around at BP, you'll find a good one.

This larger downpayment would require me to liquidate stocks which I am not too keen of doing at the moment.As an active listener of the BiggerPockets podcast, I'm well aware that midwest markets like Indianapolis, Cleveland, etc. are the "top" markets these days in terms of current growth + affordability.

There are ton's of facebook groups where investors and buying and selling to one another as well.

Streeteasy allows NYC agents & landlords to advertise "no fee" rentals which many like to take advantage of to receive more inquiries, applications, and fill vacancies sooner.Right now, Streeteasy has 4,567 Brooklyn rentals listed and 3,196 are marketed as "no fee".In addition to this, section 8, cityfheps, and other rental assistance programs usually pay the broker fee instead of the landlord or tenant paying.Hope this helps!

Lease Management - Avail.co, Apartments.com, Buildium, TenantCloud,  - many others - they can List For Rent, Schedule Showings, Provide Applications, Screen Tenants, Setup Leases, Setup and Manage Rent Payment, and other things (keep track of maintenance, keep track of expenses and make reports for accountants etc) Tenants like it because its online and makes it clear what they need to do - This also helps answer Drews question to you. - Showing a property - I have less to say on this one, looking for ideas myself.

Hopefully your 45k increased the value more than 45k, but almost certainly you didn't 5x it like you would have gotten if you had used the 45k as a down payment on another property.

For example, my office is located in NY, but I take on projects and am licensed in CT as well.

I am getting some conflicting info from different Fidelity reps so I'd like to ask real customers of Fidelity here for suggestions.

Brian's link is below, as well as our listing so you can check out his work!