When the housing market became seller friendly, I unloaded 5/6 of our long term rental units, paid off our house with that and invested in stocks and mutual funds…completely no fun, right??

That's a house of cards ready to fall down fast. 

We already paid them a pretty sizeable entry fee ($30k) to cover some of their equity and debt in another project..Your title report should have alerted you to the issue.The payoff the escrow company got from the lender should have alerted you to the problem.Your interview of the seller before you bought the house, should have alerted you to the problem.You calculations on the numbers should have alerted you to the problem.Check, cross check and check again.

High-end properties might demand more customer-focused, concierge-like services, while investors in more affordable housing may prioritize cost-efficiency and risk management.

On a positive note we did build a new house to the specifications of a specific tenant. 

What is the average house renovation cost in this area and which areas do you recommend?

Congrats on the house hack, Keith!

House and condo.

I wouldn’t move into the house because I currently own in a better neighborhood close by.Have they made it easier to get heloc’s for investment properties.

If you planned on moving out of a house and buy another property, as an example, you could pull a HELOC before you moved out and keep it as an emergency fund.