However I can't bring myself to have to pay all the capital gains taxes.Also I wouldn't want to need to pay back the HELOC and suffer a capital gains tax payment.Any advice?

Barring huge black swan events (e.g. the rust belt suffering for decades over manufacturing job losses) you can find deals that make sense just about anywhere.

Indianapolis may be a good market, but if you're suffering house hacking there probably not sustainable. 

Yes expensive but less work/drive to me since we have better things to do than suffering from headache.

You gotta be willing to put in the work, pay the price, suffer the suffering's, and out-work the problem. 

Many individuals who were furloughed are going into their 401(k)s to cover expenses, and millennials who are saddled with student and consumer debt, and who were already suffering a form of PTSD from 2008, will likely only become more cautious.

No remorse or shame from the pain and suffering he's caused.  

It’s just a different type of investing where you may suffer from inflation (higher repair costs) while not benefitting as much as prices have caps. 

Grab it.The best quality investments in this (relatively) higher rate area for houses is high quality primary residential areas that are suffering due to lack of quality buyers.

Larger complexes are a long term game, there will be less market influences with larger units, SFDs in mature neighborhoods may have external obsolescence, functionality issues that a large complex may not suffer over 40 years, you may have more stability but a larger complex is what it is too.