But, in the end, a HELOC is great to just have in case that beautiful day comes where I get a great opportunity.

Real estate is beautiful though because there are so many things to try and see what actually makes you happy .

I have a rare opportunity to purchase a beautiful old historic inn that I've had my eye on for about 15 years that just came on the market.

The beauty of this is that intermediaries who work with me know that I make “fair” offers based on VERIFIABLE facts, that I follow through with completed deals unless important information was with held or information provided was false, and that there’s absolutely no value in presenting deals to me where the seller/borrower/investor is unrealistic, naive, or otherwise wanting to “test” the market.  

My wife and I own a beautiful historic home in a small, charming town in Northern Virginia.

Thank you @Dave Foster I look forward to my new venture and investing in real estate hoping to achieve financial freedom and enjoy my life with my kids and my beautiful wife that has a terrible debilitating autoimmune disease.

Sounds beautiful.

The beauty of REI is there is no need to make the mistake my wife I  made early on thinking we could do it ourselves. 

Congrats - beautiful job on the porch

I regularly see promotors selling lots in beautiful communities for $40,000-$100,000 in Texas.