For me it cut down on the time to build an out of state team and gave me access to people who knew the area.

Its difficult for you to access the quality of work in the pictures.

I never met the broker, but he is very accessible via text or email. 

I found the county criteria which reads as:"Property must be minimum of 1 acre, meet the underlying zone district, have adequate parking, meet the requirements set for by the Wildfire Hazard Overlay District, have valid water and sanitation, have legal access, use the primary dwelling unit, be free of violations, and have no substantial detriment to the intent of the Zoning Resolution."

Hi Elwin, I have access to a few HELOC options for investment properties.

There's no one MTR site so tools like Airdna don't have access to the data to pull vacancy rates. 2.

Some savvy flipper reconfigured the upstairs to add a bedroom but in the process, closed off most of the attic, leaving only a crawl space that did not even allow access to the entire attic!  

Maybe access the equity via a cash out refi (check the after refi cash flow). 

But it will be complicated by different factors such as flood zone, topology, conservation area, easements, access to roads and more.Zoning - check the code and check site zoning.

I would suggest you build up a bit more liquid assets just to diversify and also have assets you can quickly access if needed.