A fantastic Wall Street Journal article reviews the renewed interest in vocational training, manufacturing and hands-on labor fields.

VRBO on the other hand is slightly more expensive but is much more owner friendly. 

Cash on hand is especially useful if you're first deal.

Luckily not that many lost their lives in our floods, although a handful did.

Sometimes, the unsophisticated purchasers have to be taken by the hand by the listing agent and sometimes dragged across the finish line with a lot of services involved and typically a lower commission than a multifamily investment.

Usually those who caution offer cautionary tales because they learned first hand the difficulties in growing a scalable and PROFITABLE portfolio this way.

A Heloc is loan that can become a sore thumb if not used correctly and can hurt the property it's on and the users credit.If you are going to use the funds for a down payment then a Cash out refinance is what you want to do to get the cash in hand. 

We have a handful of properties in the cape coral area that we're trying to find cheaper insurance coverage for.

With the exception of just a handful of condos, most just have HOA dues that are way too high and kill your returns. 

That seemed a little more hands off and easier to control if you will.