An investor who has participated in a subject to transaction without lender approval should NOT assume that they are safe from note being accelerated because a certain amount of time has passed.  

this is only a good idea if you have reason to believe that the area will be appreciating quickly, which is called speculation and akin to gambling not investing. me personally, I would rather put my money on black than bank on market appreciation. negative cash flow rentals are a time suck and money suck.

It is invaluable to quickly calculate a mortgage payment.3.

Problem with these is 1) they won't appreciate as quickly as those closer to the city and 2) it's a whole different tenant base, usually with a lot more management.

I would stay long enough for the 2 years so you quaify nothing is going to happen in the next year or so.. that tax free money is the best thing we have going in the US in my mind. then U could buy some very safe first trust deeds and make 4 to 6K a month NET NET NET without any of the TTTs..

If you just want to make some quick cash so you can supplement your retirement, then sell it and relax.

This would obviously reduce my cash flow on both properties, as I would be paying the minimum HELOC payment plus extra towards the principal to pay it off quickly.

This is a quick and dirty way to quickly make heads or tails of the property very quickly to understand if it’s insanely over priced.Lessons Learned: I should have transitioned to larger commercial deals sooner.  

However, it adds up quickly if you analyze the cost of turning the unit, marketing, vacancy loss, and your team's time to find a new tenant.

Turning over some kind of commercial property is more labor intensive but it also scales quickly because of potential returns.