The guy is giving you the water and expects you to take care of the tree and all the care-taking that comes with it and he gets half of the fruits, no way.

@Allison B.I'm myself associated with Citi, and we don't do HELOC on investment properties; just like James Masotti mention, the big banks won't do it, they go after the low-hanging fruit. 

Low volume HE washing machine, if you have a water hog washing machine they are doing low volume loads with lots of water.

I am currently employed as a senior sales engineer, and my job is to program and sell capital equipment within the industrial automation and manufacturing sector (I figure out ways to reduce labor costs in factories by replacing people with machines.

Jason,  I'd love to hear who you call "experienced investors" as there is still plenty of deals out there.While some of the low hanging fruit websites are crowded with buyers, there is still plenty of opportunities out there for investors.  

You might also try an ozone machine since the home is vacant.

Thanks to real estate I am able to stand on both of my feet without the support of corporate America. it is amazing to see the fruits of labor for all these years. real estate is the career that I will never be retired from. but it does beat 9 to 5 for any given day by a long shot. 

You don't need to build a mega lead machine. 

That's usually considering the lowest hanging fruit but very competitive in many area because of so.

That may mean properties that need some work, that need new tenants, increased rents, or even finding new creative ways of increasing cash flow i.e. adding laundry machines, charging for storage space, vending machines etc.If you are looking for a turn key rental property it's going to be difficult to find things at a discount unless you can find a motivated landlord.Finding good deals is going to be difficult on the MLS you need to try other strategies...i.e. driving for dollars, direct mail, networking, searching the eviction records, auctions, etc.