Due to this, Forbes has labeled Scranton one of the top 5 cheapest cities to own a home in the country.I realized that Scranton is a decently big city and to tackle on the entire city would be ridiculous, so I printed out insights on every single zip code and niche’d in on one particular one.

I have about 80k in total debt (student loans) and will be refinancing my student loans to a lower interest rate so I can tackle it through the next four years.

Curious how others in higher priced market tackled this question.

At this point in both my wife and I's career, we feel ready to tackle out of state investments and would first like to explore the SE market. 

Any tips on how to tackle this lending issue?

This may serve as a good way to jump in the "shallow end", so to speak, before tackling larger projects.

There are a couple of issues to tackle here. 1) How are you taking out the HELOC - Owner Occupied or Non-Owner Occupied?

But I do keep up on all the regulations that way, so not a bad task to have to tackle. 

The most recent invoice was huge.I could not tackle these tasks myself because I do work full-time for a living. 

If you can afford not to tackle the daunting task alone then don't.