Prior to that he took a 9 month break from paid work to work with me on setting up a new business, but a family situation forced us to put the business launch into hiatus after having accrued ~$35k in cc debt for the new business.

So if I used a HELOC, I could pay it off so I wouldn't have interest accrued on anything.

To clarify, I'm asking out of curiosity. 

I would reach out just out of curiosity.

Even though the cost of living and REI is much higher, the ease of accruing seed capital is much higher now. 

Out of curiosity I just looked at our online Marshal's Service. 

Just out of curiosity, would you invest in the Myrtle Beach area at all right now?

I was to preface this with this is purely out of curiosity and research....I am on the track to nail down the answer of how people find SFR homes to flip in today's current market. 

Do you own your own appraisal company out of curiosity?

@jim Cummings thank you for the great advice I have not set up a team of agents I do have a handful of sources for cash also just out of curiosity when looking for agent in what way should I go about looking for an agent