And that's because we were conservative with leverage and never bought at the top of a market.3 - Maintain a *lot* of liquidity in other investments so we can feed the properties if necessary, and like you said pay off the notes if refinancing is not available.4 - Never bite off more than we can chew.

Stay off Wilkens Ave and the lure of the 5000 house.To the north, you can find great deals that feed to Towson (Towson State, Goucher etc...) from the York Rd/Northern Pkwy area. 

I do would love to here your feed back on this if you are buying and flipping in the Atlanta Market. 

I am not sure what the order of events should be so I don't want to feed you false info, I'm sure others who have more experience with HELOCs will chirp in.

If you work to be passionate and knowledgeable potential clients feed off of that.

@Jim K.Love the feed back, the first property I looked at I wanted to apologize to the lady that showed me the house.

It is supposed to feed from all the sites. 

Rant = on {Directed at anyone = No.The 'paying money for an investment that may or may not appreciate in value' phenomenon, referred to as "feeding the alligator" many decades ago, is not unique to real estate.

@Dave Foster  Thanks for the suggestion, I could use another dependent and mouth to feed.  

@Marianna OsipenkoundefinedThanks so much for the feed back.