I work full time at a decent job, but have quickly learned that I needed to make some changes in my families life by securing our financial future. 

Hi @Jaycee , thanks so much for responding so quickly!

Quote from @Lisa Albright: Hi All,Newbie here, just a quick question we are building an addition on our second home, we have a primary residence, and two rental properties.

A prudent investor doesn't seek quick riches through shortcuts.

This allows us to close extremely quickly, which is an important competitive advantage.I don’t know how to read our own tax returns, and I’m certainly not going to read yours.

I just did a quick lookup on Bankrate for 2024 and for 300k of value in OK was almost $1k less than 300k of value in FL (4800 vs 5600). 

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Turning the property quickly (you have to run it like an F1 pit crew)4.

If you can pay off the HELOC quickly, that is not bad way to go. 

If they are professional, they can explain this quickly and easily.