I have other HELOCs that were much easier to get both personally and professionally.

It wasn’t a massive deal—our expected assignment fee was $10,000—but when you’re growing a business, every opportunity matters.Everything seemed to be moving smoothly until the title search revealed a major roadblock: the mortgage discharge couldn’t be cleared because the person who needed to sign off was deceased.

I'm not sure about the potential for liability in a wrongful death suit if somebody is injured or killed in the fire, but definitely would not want to find out personally, nor would I want to live with that on my conscience.  

The person worked for H&R Block, now works for TurboTax Live and is being honest about their skills: NOT QUALIFIED.

The 5-10 it gets heavier and a lot busier, and 10-15-20 it really is untenable to self-manage especially if this is not you main business like a person buying their own rentals and building it like a small business. 

Quote from @Jin Zhang: You initiate the process by filing a 3-day Notice.

During the slow season, do you personally focus on getting more rentals, focus more on family/personal life, or do you do something else?

What appears to be great "curb appeal" to one person might be overwhelming to another. 

Personally for what people charge for these programs I would say you are 1000x  better off taking some courses at a local college, getting a degree and working in real estate to get paid for experience and then do real estate on the side for your own portfolio as well.

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.