It gives them a reinvestment option to complete the exchange and doesn't require active management.

She said to get some activity going in my account and we can revisit in a month to reapply.

The priority is consistent recommendations from active investors. 

Additionally, you could also check with your insurance provider to confirm there's no active risk and provide that documentation to the lender as reassurance.

You have used home equity lines of credit to purchase investment rentals and want to know the best way to pay down the HELOCs.Between the two properties you bought, after expenses, you have $250 a month positive cashflow to use.What I like to do is pay down some principal every month with my positive cashflow.I use my extra active income from real estate commissions helping other investors to pay down the principal even more which just frees up that credit for me to use again.I know I can refinance the HELOC debt before it changes to principal and interest as it is just interest only payments as yours are.One difference is the cashflow, I have greater positive cashflow and could make the principal and interest payment in the future with the extra cashflow I already enjoy.I always get HELOCs on my income properties as well after purchasing them to pull out as much of my downpayment as possible.

Is anyone actively doing midterm rentals in this general area and willing to help some new comers out?

If you are a REP, then it will deduct from active earnings.

-- sort of depends where you live and if you want to invest out of state / have the ability to manage a team remotely, the best out of state investors are very active in managing their teams.

(For a lot of gurus, the education is just a top of funnel entry point for them to then have you find deals for them, invest in their deals, etc)If they are active in real estate themselves, I would ask how much they are making from their RE versus their courses?  

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