If you put in that money from the HELOC then after awhile they do a capital call, you could be sitting on the sidelines thinking you were going to get your funds back quickly then there is something that comes up and the project needs more money as well.The next problem is that you need to be more liquid than you think, there is an investor I am good friends with pushed all his morning into syndications (no HELOC money), and he has no other capital with no refis on those deals coming at all this year. 

There are many ways to correct cash flow problems but one of the easiest is to keep some cash available but many investors always want their money working harder and not sitting on the sideline.

The first thing I thought of was: 1) Great, some folks will be exiting the space or waiting on the sidelines 2) I’ll have to be more diligent to find the deals 3) I need to expand my network, which will increase my deal flow and lead to better priced deals This ‘pricing was up’ theme helped me focus my attention on meeting with the players to find out HOW they were being more diligent in finding deals.

I try to get at least 3 brokers to give me their opinions on paper ( or email at todays standards  ) .. it sounds like you coukd really benefit from reading more books and watching more pod casts .. but .. there is something to be said from learning from the school of hard knocks also ... if your father sees the potential and you value his opinion then I'd say go for it .. do your very best .. and hopefully you come out ahead .. you can only sit on the sidelines fir so long before you get bored with the game ..

Most people wait for 100% certainty with everything, so all my competition is sitting on the sidelines waiting for a perfect scenario that will arrive too late, if it ever does.

We have been on the sidelines for some time due to the really bad taste we had from our experience but have made the decision to get back on in the game.

If you do not have an appetite for risk and do not have excess funds sitting in the bank/credit union, it might be in your best interest to wait on the side line and let this play out a little bit longer to appropriately assess the risk. 

I always surround myself around the type of people who are movers and shakers, not the ones that just sit on the sidelines waiting.  

Basically, the IRS is interested in how filers with low earnings are showing such high mortgage interest write offs.A lot of his clients are investors, who may have had a great income year in 2011, or a large capital gain, and then they sat on the sidelines in 2012.

Due to this and compressed cap rates we have found ourselves riding the sidelines for many deals that come our way.That being said there are still many REI opportunities in the state to be had - it just won't be the low hanging fruit that you can constantly pick from.