I appreciate you're thoughtfulness and I will continue monitoring this thread to see if any other good ideas come up that we can all use. 

This is a great place to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

If you don’t have a backup plan, you’re in for a rough time.I don’t say any of this to scare people off—I’ve navigated all these challenges and built a great portfolio.

This is helpful.

Thanks for the local input, this aligns with what we are seeing.

This area has a lot of demand in that price range without doing section 8.

Consider all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.

I would start there and then see if they are worth the shot! 

I do try and tweak pricing just so it sees that there is active updates on the listing sites.

Sara,I see this a lot and I always ask if you know you are going to refinance in the long run to consolidate the Heloc why not just do a Cash out refinance instead.