I have contacted some mortgage companies and if I do a regular refinance I’m looking at about 70k I can pull out from both homes combined.

Should I take out max mortgage and reinvest or take out heloc or combination?

Combined with the off market price, great value add potential and my background in engineering, construction and real estate, it was a perfect deal.

I am looking to take 20k-30k cash towards buying rental properties in an effort to have a combined 100 units in 3-5 yrs.

If you don’t have the funds to renovate, the bottom line is that two options are a lot better: 1) Combination of traditional mortgage and home equity line of credit.

If it happens to be Realist, it pulls from mostly the same database as Listsource, but Realist has very few criteria to use to get results, and does not include demographics data (like age), etc.The chances your MLS offers the same access to building lists as Listsource, or other modern solutions, is pretty low.

Like Greg says, where you live could be very different than where you want to invest.If you definitely want to combine the two, consider a duplex to 4-plex.

@Aaron Signer,Bump up your repairs and CapEx. 15% combined is usually good.Any shared utilities that you'll be responsible for?

Lots of cosmetic issues and some modernization of bathrooms and the kitchen made it an easy and low risk investment.

There is a great book called "Deep Work" by Cal Newport which is all about staying focused amidst the distractions of modern life.