The original plan was that after I found the perfect deals and purchase 2-3 homes in cash I would recycle the investment cash via refi pulling out 70% of appraised value and simply repeat this process as I come across great deals.

Those goats eat anything and provide fresh organic milk, cheese, meat in a pinch.

It is great to be able to Control and Roll, assign- flip or recycle without the use of conventional financing - don't you hate asking for money from lenders (hard or soft)?

Trying to milk the deal for the most you can get out of it will increase the odds of this not working out for you. 

We are late in the RE cycle, and I'd bet that both SV AND Austin are closer to the top than the bottom for this cycle, but believe that both have excellent long term prospects.

Have you tried Milk St Capital?

However, even despite where the current RE cycle is, there are good places that still cash flow.

The cost to maintain them is also higher due to EPA regulations around refrigerant handling (licensing, recovery/recycling, etc.)The maintenance costs of these units, therefore, may be higher in the long run than shelling out now to replace them with newer technology systems.

I just want to ask people experience with a notice to vacate, do they get out on their own or do they milk it until they get evicted so they can stay longer?

So if you want to use the HELOC, I would push towards a BRRRR where you can then repay the HELOC and recycle it.