here is the situation. i left a really good paying job to take care of my 81 year old parents because my dad is chronically ill and my mom is almost there. i wont go into too much detail, but my sis doesnt help them. ill leave it at that. we have a person who comes twice a week to help with cleaning and other household tasks. i carry the bulk of the weight cooking their meals, running errands, grocery shopping, picking up meds, and taking them to dr appointments. its a full time job. i get a small salary of $1000 a month from a care giver sub contractor for the VA. ive been paying my bills with what savings ive had, but only have a few months of funds left. i own a duplex. i have over 200k in equity. i live in texas and texas has weird laws about refi and heloc/heloans when the property is 4 units or less and owner occupied. i would rather not sell, but if thats my only option i will have to at some point.does anyone have any advice or possibly be able to point me to lenders who might be able to work with my situation?

Thanks for raising that Evan, it's interesting if true. 

I just recently listened to you BP episode.I have also actively been looking in the Flagstaff area with the Short Term Shop agent over there after talking to Avery, @Luke Carl.

Simply not true.

It’s true that it’s harder to find properties that will cash flow once you move out in higher cost of living areas, but overall returns make that a moot point in my opinion because appreciation is also much higher in these better locations.

That will set the price points you can shop at.

Hey man, great report, however the numbers look a little too good to be true.

If that's true, then once someone has the login they can use that login to buy movies, PPV, upgrade to 4k, NFL Ticket, etc...

Would that be true if we made the new property in FL our primary? 

This is bogus if buyer and seller are independent parties (if the parties are associated then I understand setting true value) as there is usually a reason for the discount purchase (risk items like unpermitted work, crazy low rents in rent controlled area, hoarder, heavy need of rehab, etc).