Unfortunately, over the 11 months he has lived there, he has only managed to pay the rent on time once.

Do they pay within 5 days of the first of the month (in some states that is not late)? 

If they fail to pay the taxes, plus fees and interest, within that time, then the property legally becomes yours.

I would only use the heloc if you plan on cashout refinancing one of the properties to pay it off once the rehab is complete. 

So for example; if you pay $500k for a rental and $400k is building value. 

If some landlords are requiring them to pay application fees before they even know they want a rental versus ones that don't which do you think they will choose.

Imagine you make $100k and you are affected by 3 tax brackets.0-33k =-33K 0%33,001-66k 10%66,001 - 100k 20%You can take $100k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes, for one year and then $10,100 for for 2 years  ($20,200 total)You can take 67k in deductions this year and pay zero taxes for a year, take 33k the second year and pay $6,800 year two and $10,100 year 3. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

I am interested in paying off my loan balance on my Primary house ASAP as I pay a pretty heavy Mortgage every month.

@Nadir M. you would show 100% of whatever you collected on behalf of an owner.Of course, if tenant pays via credit card, you would NOT include the credit card fees, because you did not receive them.From the funds in your OPERATING account, you would pay any expenses on behalf of the owner, including your management fees - which you woul transfer to your PMC account.Owner will be paid from Operating account.Your vendors (office expenses, auto, etc) would be paid from your PMC account.Year end, you are require by IRS to send a 1099 with GROSS amount collected on behalf of owner.

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