Is anyone going to the meet up on 11/27? This will be the first REI I’ll be attending. Pretty excited to see what is talked about there & looking forward to meeting new people.

Take $10K and lay it out on your kitchen table (or in your mind if you don't want to have that much fun). 

And all my mattresses get protective covers put on them, as well.Re: furniture, I've gotten some great dressers, coffee tables, etc. at consignment and antique stores, but anything involving fabric/upholstery I'm buying new.  

When I do first question I will ask is what can this partner offer, bring to the table that I don’t have?

The unique layout allows one to view Row By Row.Sort of a  A 30,000 ft View of whats on the table for this neighborhood .It is a minimal look to simply demonstrate numbers  - Cash , Repairs, ARV and Rent returns if property is held. 

We discovered a tenant was leaving the designer wooden end table purchased at Design Within Reach (what a misnomer!) 

Most of my Veterans that I help come to the closing table with nothing. 

I have been told it is considered so bad, return of commission is on the table.

I can counter with a higher equity share, but my goal was to go to the bargaining table informed and with some realistic expectations in hand based on what other developers get for their sweat equity. 

As for HELOC to pay off your mortgage, the concept really caught my attention, so I did a lot of research and ran various scenarios using an amortization table using the HELOC method vs making extra payments.