Tampa is another one but I was never really close to being able to touch anything there before huge appreciation. 

Minus closing costs you're even shorter. 

Also, are they closing on the spot or just prospecting?

Close family passed and I'm now looking at buying a small house/cabin in Colorado to do STR. 

People like Central Tucson because it is close to the downtown that has a great food and night activity scene and is also close the University of Arizona campus that draws lots of parents and grandparents and people who just like the college campus vibeWest Tucson is a great option for the views, golfing and resort feel.

Now 2 days before my closing date and getting all clear on the closing, they have increased the rate by 2.2%.

We added value by decreasing the offer after the inspection and then after closing we were slowly able to get rents to market rent.

Meaning any of your Helocs can be closed or reduced at any point if any of your banks feel you are over leveraged, miss a payment, credit score drops, even by mistake it happens all the time.I would get rid of the Helocs and put some cash in your bank so you can use that versus a Heloc. 

DT Long Beach: beachy urban setting with smaller units 1bdr; close to tourist attractions, and thinking I can STR one unit; BUT high crime rate (90 percentile); properties are older but more attractiveIs it better to go into a slightly better neighborhood in boring Riverside or a more crime ridden area of cool kid Long Beach?

I run two big groups on fb and we have been bombarded by big pocket end buyers so closing big commercial deals 10M+ is not the challenge here.