You might be surprised, but your rental properties have more in common with dividend-paying stocks than you think!

What are they investing in AND2.

lol, bro, he's been involved in an attempted murder twice in the last 6 months.

I've got about $525K in equity in the property, but lenders have told me that I cannot get a HELOC to access that equity for additional purchases because the duplex was financed as an investment - they have said TX law dictates that HELOC can only be used on primary residences.

I currently use Gold Key Property Management in Anderson IN, and have been very happy with there services.

I am in Orange County, California, and a 4-unit in Newport Beach with one unit being a 3/2 for example LTR would not bring in 7K gross income on that unit.

$400 to heat four units in New York in the middle of winter seems pretty reasonable.

I work in tech and she just started a new job here for the state. 

Short term will make you more money, but require a lot more management (new tenant every 3 days, turn over, cleaning, etc).  

I had a STR in another market get shut down by zoning, so I put construction workers in there on a 30+day stay over the summer and now have a MTR tenant to keep the lights on through May after which I'll sell since I have no guarantee on having another 30+day contract next summer.