I could be wrong.What you tell contractors is: if you do not separate labor from materials, then I have to report my ENTIRE payment, L&M, to the IRS as your income, and then it will be up to you to deduct materials from that income on your end. 

Incomes are having a hard time keeping up.  

In Georgia, it's relatively quick to evict, but you've lost substantial income before its over. 

The reason the answer is framed this way is because when you take a HELOC out to make repairs on your personal residence, you are allowed to tax the interest deduction on your Schedule A of your 1040 income tax return.

She’s currently not paying rent, and while she has some health issues and no stable income, she’s been communicative and open to general talks, with a possible option to vacate through a cash-for-keys arrangement, though this might take around six weeks and some hard work.I plan to rehab the property and eventually rent it out, potentially to a Section 8 tenant.

Right  now  there is one @auction.com that is going to start bidding in North side of Lake Okeechobee give it a look'  I'm looking at it too I think it would make a great medium income Mobile Home Park for retirees who want to go fishing in Lake Okeechobee. 

Besides the obvious credit, background, and income verification.

I once bought a house in Essington (Tinicum Township) - 5 minutes from Philadelphia Airport and I learn that the small Tinicum Township had a lot of income from the airport economy: hotels, crashpads, parkings etc

As a SFR investor for over 15 years I have been wrestling with this question in the past, because it feels like you should upgrade to "bigger".I know for sure that I would not enjoy the ownership experience that comes with a small 4F, because in Milwaukee that typically also means lower income tenants. 

It’s paid off, I would “like” to leave it that way & maximize the cash flow while paying down the heloc between the rental & other income.