I'd argue that both HELOCs and CES have good utilization for both short/long term plays.

If you pay back all the upfront capital needed to fund the deal, the return becomes infinite after that, so that plays heavy.  

Pretty much all that have been mentioned here between the two vehicles.a lot of the other items come into play based on your own specific financial situation.so for what you have provided that is all 

From what little you say, if you are low on capital but are willing to be the "finder of deals", you may play an important role of this team of 6. 

Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience and how it played out!

Do they really think we are this dumb?
A cool feature on VRBO has been the allowance of a video for each property.  The user simply uploads the video - which is hosted on YouTube - onto the property listing and voila...

So, many landlords go MTM with these types of tenants to make it easier to get rid of them.State & local laws also come into play with their Notice and evictio requirements.

the title will be transferred to a land trust" is called deception (an attempt to hide the transfer)You should never do anything in real estate that you have to hide, it always comes back and bites you, maybe not in 2024 but at some point in he near future, that fact will play a role in trying to keep the property.

One thing I’d be cautious about: if you’re doing this purely as an appreciation play.

It seems that when listening to Bigger Pockets podcasts, I hear the same logic, both from the hosts and the guests (mostly), that as a midsize (5-20) multi unit investor, Cash flow plays a secondary role to appreciation.