Yet, many investors overlook simple strategies that can significantly reduce their tax liability.

Nida,  as an accredited investor I have to think your smart enough to understand how this works with some simple reading on the subject.. 

It is your park to run.But there is a cautionary side to this tale- you should pick one of these two options.   

Be where their eyes are searching, but it's not as simple as asking here. 

.-- Or, what we do is offer the free rent AFTER & ONLY if they pay their first 3 months of rent on time to earn it.4) Lower the rent 5% every 2-4 weeks until activity picks up.5) Understand this is the worst time of year to find tenants.-- Starts picking back up end of February when this tenant pool starts getting their income tax refunds and aren't broke anymore.6) Section 8: where is the property being advertised?

When you are ready to sell again, you just get the next broker to pick you up and activate your license again. 

The amount of equity I call pull is less than the cash I have but not significantly less.When doing this analysis it struck me that it may not be worth using a HELOC for the simple fact that the interest rate is ~9%* while the funds in my high yield account are only yielding ~5%*.

Sounds like a pretty easy way to get in over my head fast, but at the same time, it seems like an opportunity to pick up a property WAY under market value and there theoretically should still be plenty of meat on the bone.

Because hiring a GM is far from simple, they literally run everything so how they do directly impacts everything, in a big way. 

So have to make sure you interview beyond just asking the simple "can you do this for me".