So while you're saving 28% each year as you hold the property, you're paying a big chunk of that back if you sell.And that assumes tax law remains unchanged. 

The HELOC is pretty guaranteed ... based upon your equity and score which likely are unchanged by a good investment purchase.Conventional loan on your investment properties will come to an end some day.  

The insulation is unchanged and the windows and doors are mostly < 5 years old.

But your rental expenses and depreciation likely will offset most or all of your rental income, leaving your overall tax burden unchanged and making your rental cash flows mostly tax-free.PS - Get a CPA.  

They will be familiar with the local requirements, don't just hire a locksmith and cowboy it.In general you can secure the property but you cannot deny access so you will not want to change the locks on all the doors, leave one unchanged to provide access.

When compared with same month of last year, rents saw an average increase of 11.07% for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 bedroom rentals while 3 bedrooms house and apartment rents were unchanged. 

So far the market (and our currently active buyers) seem unchanged, however there is a higher level of urgency to buy before rates go higher.All these startegies are well and I will continue to invest, as I am cost averaging my portfolio interest rate.

If you see supply increasing in your area and demand remains unchanged, then yes prices will drop.

After some back and forth between the current tenants and some realtors, there are some new factors in play:The original selling scenario is unchanged.

A third is basically unchanged.