All I am doing is paying more on the front end and that saves me how much I need to pay on the backend. 

I dont know the terms of this specific home equity agreement but the ones I have seen in the past were pretty expensive.

It takes too long because every website shows different data so you have to look at other websites.

@Steve Chaparro How long before ATM's are completely obsolete?

Between it  and chain, both last a long time and require little maintenance, but the vinyl looks so much better and is more functional by blocking visibility. 

If you had $50K in a Self direct IRA how would you leverage that to yield short and long term dividends? 

@Nathan Gesner Yes, I'm fairly confident if we were to hold long term, we'll do just fine. 

I've helped 6-7 different investors move money from Oregon to Wyoming in the last 15 years and they are all happy they made the move.Consider finding a market that has a better long-term outlook, economically and legally.

I have properties in the Buffalo area (a mix of long term and short term) but was looking into Syracuse also, so would be interested to hear the responses.  

Large corporations are moving to the area which is very promising long-term for REI.