Cash flow is real, but it’s often a long-term play.

I completely understand your point about pricing adjustments driving faster leases, but my experience has shown that other factors play a significant role in a rental's performance over time.For example, I own three rentals with very different dynamics:1. 

The play is that rather than having to wait until the foreclosure process is completed, the investor can rent out the property (and earn a return - after rehabbing it, of course) during the process.

Many of them won't be convinced by facts, such as how much revenue STR's facilitate in and around Asheville, and will continue to push debunked sentiments about affordable housing, but the threat of lawsuits might make them play nicer.

HELOCs are much tricker than a closed end second - they don't typically allow you to close in an LLC and they are full doc qualification, meaning your FICO, employment history, income, DTI etc all come into play.

Other than that, it plays no role in and has no relevance to the mortgage acceleration scenario."

@Levi Perl There are definitely a lot of factors at play here, especially considering the time of year.

This brings a much greater liability into play, and in my opinion provides greater balance.Is this offering the best “deal” for a passive investors?  

If it is a working STR, that really plays no part in the sale of the property.

You have to play in order to win, but if you never get in the game in the first place that in and of itself equals failure.