I have been saving for a down payment on a rental property.

I have not paid yet- pls help a senior citizen salvage his entire lifes savings!

It made my payments way more manageable, and I ended up saving a good chunk on interest.

I’d consider saving for the next few months until you’ve got 2-3 months left on your lease so you have a healthy reserve fund no matter what you decide.

Personally I only use my HELOC on short term projects like flips, new builds and BRRRRs where I know I will be replacing the capital within months.You may be better off waiting a year and save up more cash or liquidate your index funds if the returns on a property will be better.

If you're looking to transact faster than that, then your only option will be private Buyers.Another alternative, other than the ideas mentioned above, might be to sell part of the land into permanent conservation. 

This has saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Thank you for this post I copied it and sent it to my office to save on drop box.Myself I grew up in the land business as my Dad was in the land business starting in the mid 60s and I started in 75..

Why would you jump ship to save a few dollars? 

With new units I will save water and remove the larger older tanks.Installing Power Flush by Glacier Bay from Home Depot at $139 each, They have less chance of getting clogged.