Then it's even cheaper.

If you already have low respect due to a pre-determined mindset, it's hard to approach the community with an even or reasonable keel.

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

Or even better problems they are facing others might face where the hosts weigh in with how they have or would have dealt with the problem. 

We’re property managers based in Redding, CA, and the laws here favor the tenants, making situations like this even trickier.

Your estimate seems low, but even at that cost, it will not add that value.  

They even integrated a D4D feature, so overall they have DealMachine beat. 

So the places we all encounter that don't even have a wheelchair ramp at the entrance (at the appropriate incline, etc), even though it would be relatively easy to put in, aren't compliant (envision a storefront set back 10 feet from the sidewalk).

The learning curve is probably great on importing large quantities or even just large things from a foreign company.

NEVER borrow from a 401K, you are taking pre-taxed dollars and paying it back with after tax dollars, you do not get to return the loan with pre taxed dollars, in addition, some 401K plans do charge interest and maybe even fees, and lastly if you get laid off for some reason, it is a distribution with all the "fun consequences: tax at the last dollar rate, and if you are under 59.5 there is also the additional 10% penalty.Personally I like the HELOC, however you can also sell stocks and do tax harvesting there to offset gains if that is an option