Seller had their HELOC frozen so no "crank" was available to give me.

By broken I mean that it has frozen a few times.

Last thing I want is frozen pipes because a tenant did not put gas in the tank.

If an investor wants to spend 6 months to 1 year trying to catch the big whale for a great flip that is understandable but investors need to also understand why agents do not want to do it.Frankly a lot of this no money down stuff, options, and all of that really was more robust when markets were frozen years ago.

(Sorry, my dear Friendly Fairbankians), most people won't spend money to go to Fairbanks and eat frozen moose when it's 40 degrees below zero.

Along with that goes cleaning gutters, closing crawl space vents in winter to prevent frozen / busted pipes, & just general maintenence.

I have dealt with frozen pipes before and other headaches so having things in one logical space was very important for me buying this property.

My question is should I focus on paying school loans off since interest if frozen right now?

Don't like the rent in Malibu, there are much cheaper units in Frozen Nuts, Nebraska.

Not to mention all the other problems (frozen pipes, vandalism, squaters, etc.)One good way to measure vacancy rates is to watch when another For Rent sign goes and up in your farm area and count how many days it stays vacant.