If you’ve been active in the area, I’d love to hear your take—what’s working, what’s not, and anything I should watch out for.Appreciate any tips or advice you’ve got?

As others said send a cancellation and go from there.

Sara,I see this a lot and I always ask if you know you are going to refinance in the long run to consolidate the Heloc why not just do a Cash out refinance instead. 

How does one go about getting that btw?

Quote from @John Mason: best to go to fiverr some one can do it for a 100usd in 2 hours Ok

from a laptop or mobile phone on one of my SFR's (internet must be hooked up, but most tenants do it anyway and like to be able to monitor the outside of the house remotely, even if there's nothing going on.)

If we hadn’t been fraudulently lead to believe it was a cash deal, we would have not said it was a cash deal and I wouldn't be out $10,000 of EM and a realtor threatening to sue me for their lost commission.I have 25 years in this business and have never experienced the out in out lies this company has continuously regurgitated to us, knowing all along the deal wasn’t going to go thru. 

Curious as to how the inspections go! 

I did go to look at it and it had two issues.

You’d be more likely to get away without parking for tenants but even then, what kind of tenant are you going to attract?