I dept free minus these mortgages.  

A lot of what you're paying for is free / reduced with Baselane. 

Why pay rent when your landlord gives you free housing, free maintenance team, free mortgage, free electricity, free water, free trash?

-- We focus on verifying 2-year work history and verifying rent payments with last 2 landlords (unless in same property for 5+ years).3) MoveIn Specials: be careful with offering "free rent" as will just attract tenants with no cash.-- Try free TV or something else worth 25-50% of one month of rent.-- Or, what we do is offer the free rent AFTER & ONLY if they pay their first 3 months of rent on time to earn it.4) Lower the rent 5% every 2-4 weeks until activity picks up.5) Understand this is the worst time of year to find tenants.-- Starts picking back up end of February when this tenant pool starts getting their income tax refunds and aren't broke anymore.6) Section 8: where is the property being advertised?

As an aside, my laundry pods for the guests and liquid for the turnovers are "free and clear" and have never gotten a complaint.I have had guests break into my owner closets, but oddly never steal (they were kids probably looking for liquor). 

Appreciate if any personal experience can be shared that triggered the need.Thanks

Take a bit of that money and invest in learning - go to meetups and the many events that take place related to investing in the city - some for free and some paid.

The $56-a-unit process requires landlords to be up-to-date on their property taxes and for the properties to be free of any safety or building-code violations.Since landlords are not legally permitted to collect rent from tenants of a home with an inactive license, the system is designed to serve as a check on property owners, forcing them to address safety violations and pay their taxes.But Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections lacks the resources to hunt down property owners who flout those rules, said Karen Guss, a spokesperson for the agency.

I had to have Anderson re-do one of my LLC's from the other guys to save me money in annual state fees ..I look at it this way, as long as my business/investment income covers the costs I don't have a problem paying for reliable - worry free information and work.

What do you guys think about this strategy of opening up a HELOC in hopes of freeing up some of my other capital.