He changed his mind an was not on board with the house hacking idea, and has no ambition towards financial independence and would be perfectly happy drowning in debt living the “American dream”.

That is the way Americans lived until 1960s one does not see 2 bath in a small house.

I've been looking through the threads and found the following mentioned do offer HELOC's on investment properties,PenFedTD BankBOA(Local Bank)Wells FargoUnion BankUS BankBoeing Employee Credit UnionGTE Financial Credit UnionBank of the westFirst American BankFirst Midwest BankDon't know which will apply to your state but may be worth the few more call to find out, happy hunting :)

He's living a life he thoroughly enjoys, though not the things that we as regular Americans enjoy.

I'm waiting for this whole story to show up on an episode of 'American Greed' in a few years, with Morris in jail.

Google  Remmington financial  and American  greed these guys were the mother of the due diligence pump and dump..  

You've paid your debt to society if you've served your time," wrote the bill's sponsor, Councilmember Lisa Herbold, in an August 11 blog post.

The nefarious connotation you imply simply isn't mainstream.I'm as big a critic of misused language as anyone, but in this case, I think your understanding of the term "hacking" is out of line with the rest of society's.

Peter Underwood sounds like you are potentially making the same mistake most Americans make that keeps the locked at their jobs.

Taxes are irrelevant if you can make a profit.The biggest concern/advantage is with the American banking system.