Very specific situation I've got here that I haven't been able to find good information online that fits this unique criteria.I have a friend that has a property that they own free and clear of mortgage, yet they are paying a HELOC of approx. $300 a month for.

If a woman and her kids can build a house off of them, we can learn to do a few tasks ourselves. 

I get probably 20 calls a week from BP, and maybe 2 to 3 a month can do those 2 simple tasks. 

Finding your team on the ground can be a daunting task and unfortunately there are both uneducated investors as well as bad characters in any city.

Work on building systems that will allow you to scale by having other people take over the low value tasks that you're having to do now.2.

This is really unique situation, the residential properties near by has different use, therefore not good for comparables. or do I let them do their market research any way?

I think a broker is a good option, particularly for a unique or challenging circumstance such as the one described above.

Figured we’d rather take on the responsibility & task to be able to pocket the money.

what I find very unique right now Ned is the amount of HML or private money companies led by large hedgefunds investing in these HML companies have driven these private rates down to 10% apr or less.. so to only have about a 4% spread between bank money and HML is quite unique in my experience over the decades.. other than the high interest mid 80s anomaly.. 

That being said, real estate does offer some unique tax planning options.