In your shoes to be fair to all I would not agree to it and request that every one gets their share immediately or I would not accept the gift.

Mmmmmm I feel like the majority of HELOCs are tied to prime.....which just rose recently.......twice.

If you are handy you could divide the closet with a solid wood 12” shoe shelf and have a high and low bar on either side...low bar removable for dresses.

Nicer pillows and throws can add the wow.I've done this same thing on 2 properties, and it seems to have worked each time.I also debated putting food in the fridge and some shoes/clothes in the closets (etc) in case someone cased it out during a showing.

Put yourself in the other guys shoes and see what answer you come up with. 

Here in FLorida, in the 2010-2015, I sold almost exclusively SF investor homes (about 200 of them, to investors from Cali, and abroad), and as values rose, and ROI's dropped, I found the natural progression was toward multi, to get worthwhile returns for my clients. 

But I would mention that the median price in the Fort Hood area rose 11% in 2017, which is pretty incredible.

What advice would you give if you were in my shoes? 

If I were in your shoes, I would have a career goal of what I wanted to do and take actions that moved me closer to that goal.

I am a graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as a Computer Engineer working from home as a NoSQL database developer although most of my career has been spent as an automation and systems engineer.I am a new player in the real estate game having started the marathon just 2 years ago when I attended a Guru real estate seminar.