The real thing you'll want to think about with typical helocs is their staying power.

The power of a ranking website is priceless.. well.. in this case it is $80K in a few weeks...But who is counting..ARV $315KBuying price $190KCost Of Repairs $15K - $20KProfit: $80K +While holding the property it was nightmare after nightmare.

Ultimately with the appreciation v. cash flow debate, what you truly want is IRR aka both.This deal swings way to the side of an appreciation play, which is enormously risky AND at a time when the market is pushing new heights.I grew up in California and witnessed the power of appreciation.

I recently acquired a 3.53 acre vacant lot located in a county industrial park with easy access to power, water, electricity, etc. 

Also, there is nothing more powerful than a Proverbs 31 Women!

Just be sure you change the batteries annually.

Learn more about the art of exchanging equity, and it can be very powerful.

AND as long as individual power and water meters.  99.9% chance this is all illegal and only one power meter and one water meter which makes it difficult to rent to 3 different tenants. 

San Francisco and California are very tenant-friendly, so you should have the power on your side in this.

My job doesn't have the best work/life balance and it's something we're hoping to change using the power of real estate.My wonderful partner and I want to focus primarily on multi-family dwelling rentals using a buy and hold strategy.