Noted and will continue with a proper notice of an increase in rent.

Honestly the high fees combined with lack of transparency and high appraisal costs, a whole month of UW (longer than normal), etc. would make me want to switch lenders right away because IME the lenders with high fees and high appraisal costs who drag their feet like this also tend to be the ones to continue delaying, have things get stuck in underwriting, say one thing while delivering another, have poor communication especially between UW and origination, bad customer service, can't close when they say they will, etc. and it can be a total nightmare. 

If I were to do this, which I don't plan to for at least a few months (I would like to properly do my research) I was also curious whether or not people thought interest rates on HELOC LOANS were going to start going down or continue going up?

I, personally, wouldn't continue to work with a buyer who tries to dictate how I negotiate, especially one who wants me to "repeat back ... how they'll present." 

You can continue to invest in real estate and create more depreciation losses via cost segregation to offset the recapture though. 

From there I can expand and continue to invest or pivot to hiring out agent stuff, and start having fun with investments. 

Not one penny was spent on any of that and continued to reinvest it. 

We typically start by setting up a strategy that will maximize the tax benefits available to them so that they can continue investing/growing after the first initial purchase. 

Lots of time and lots of continuous outreach.

This price growth is largely driven by continued low inventory levels, which have kept competition high among buyers, even as average days on market have increased to 36 days​(Nest Realty)​(Garretts Realty).In Southern Indiana, activity is up with new listings growing by 8.2%, though sales have seen slight declines.