I'm in the middle of pulling out equity from one investment property (HELOC or 2nd mortgage, whichever gives me the best rates and LTV) and then using that money to put a downpayment on a second property, thereby need...

He is the type of person that would be constantly coming onto the job site, pulling me off of what I was doing, wanting to make changes, do things out of sequence, cause things to take longer, etc.

To my (Great) surprise I have been finding property managers who have significantly reduced the time I've spent on my rentals.  2) If you are a trinity study follower (where the 4% rule/25X spending largely originated), you might want to look at some of the stuff Karsten (aka Big Ern)  has been doing on Early Retirement Now, particularly the sequence of return risk posts.  

I am trying to reconstruct the sequence of events as it appears this was put up for sale (or auction) 3 times, and foreclosed 3 times (3 foreclosures listed on Title Search).  

Is there a specific sequence to perform the 2 tasks?

Not unless you're spending 1k on the vanity and buying $10/sq ft tile or something ridiculous.And while it may take 3 or 4 days total because of the tile sequencing (i.e. tile day one, grout day 2, etc).

Any other details/ sequence of events you have?

By "I wrote my first ten letters to absentee owners" I hope you mean you wrote 10 letters you plan to mail in sequence to a few thousand owners and not "I wrote ten letters to ten people."

Here is the sequence of events broke down:November 2008 - Got married Found distressed property and put in offer Found tenants for my 2 bedroom home that I paid$725/month plus paid $150 or so for a home improvement loan.

Looking for some input on sequence of steps to get started here.