Even if you’re not getting money back on your taxes, you’ll have the peace of mind knowing your return is accurate.

It’s on MN (out of state to me.) and I had to get a pair of garage door springs replaced.

I would focus on saving enough money that if I had a deal go bad, then that money I saved was there to cover it. 

All this is to say, I believe it would be money well spent for sure... 

At minimum, stage the living room and primary bedroom to give it some warmth.That said, have you thought about cutting bait and putting your money into a market where the numbers actually work?

So I spent money and did not see anything from the inside?

Our cash on cash return is essentially infinite as we make money on the delta between the yield of the discounted note that we purchase and the interest rate we pay to our passive private capital partners. 

If you can get a better primary residential HELOC rate than you can a hard money bridge loan I would say yes.

Do you have any idea of the amount of money you can contribute to the purchase of a property?

Quote from @Chris Pontello: Hi Chris,Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm still learning creative financing solutions, but paying them some money would be if I could take over the loan.