I explained that this type of routine maintenance issue is not damage and is not our responsibility, but I can see that I will need help ensuring that she as the landlord is instead held responsible.

Since HELOCs are just held in-house at the bank (they're not sold on the secondary market like first mortgages are), the rules really just depend on which bank you're working with. 

I have a property that is held as Tenancy-in-Common with my sibling on the title, let's say for the sake of example that I own 70% and the sibling owns 30%.  

Invest in Real Assets: Use the money in your self-directed account to invest into real estate or other tangible assets such as gold and silverThere are some rules to follow, like avoiding prohibited transactions and ensuring that your assets are held by the custodian.

I originally posted this a year ago and I am happy to share the results in a comment on this post, but before I sway anyone's opinion I would love to hear your thoughts...So with that said, historically the industry accepted standard for underwriting a projected exit cap rate is the market stabilized cap rate plus a 10 bps for every year held.

I am onboarding my 3rd STR next month and refuse to be held hostage by GfH any longer.I feel kidnapped.

They'll go away.If this were a $2,000 rental and you held it for two months, that's a loss of $4,000 (actually more because of utilities and landscaping).

Realistically out of thousands of open houses agents in my office have held open, I'll be no more than 2 or 3 have sold to someone who visited on the open house. 

However, I want to avoid issues acquiring more properties under LLC in the future.An idea to avoid this, is to setup an LLC property management company that manages these properties held in Trust.

Otherwise, he/she can be sued for a forceful eviction and be held liable for civil penalties, damages, court fees and other legal fees.