A HELOC and a Home Equity Loan are the same thing.I have an excellent residential mortgage broker who can help you with this, he's based in Orange County. 

We build our models in excel and try not to over complicate them (even though ours is pretty complex).

If they aren't able to reduce your taxes then they don't get paid.I assume they are selective about which appeals they will take on since there is no benefit to them or the homeowner to not be able to win an appeal, but I have no knowledge of their internal business logic. 

You win in real estate by never being forced to buy/sell or by taking the loss that can break you.

If it's going to tax foreclosure, and you win, you can wait 120 days for the IRS to come after you to collect...they usually don't unless it's a very juicy property. 

I know you have to eventually pay recapture, yadda, yadda but it still seems like a huge win given the time value of money.

Hello all,I'd like to connect with some excellent real estate agents and property managers in the Milwaukee area.

After well over 1000 houses it’s proved it’s worth.BUT if you think sugar coating will work sprinkle sugar all over the conversation. certainly nicey nice communication and unabashed laughter will get you elected but it won’t buy many houses. our product is money and we best not forget that. there’s a power exchange happening in every conversation and the one who blinks first fails unless winning isn’t important.  

We pay for this software already and were considering using them instead of tracking on excel sheets.

You make a solid point - quality over quantity can definitely be a winning strategy, especially if those Midwest properties are in areas that don’t have strong long-term potential.