I might add, your entering range to reap cap-x expenditures so this cash-flow is soon to be significantly depleted/off-set via those expenses. 

What is your price range (or down payment range) and are you looking for turn-key properties or something along the lines of a "fixer upper"? 

That is all sufficient to establish a fact pattern of actions that will have serious consequence for him.If I was the FBI, I assure you I am not, I would join the Subto “community” and start gathering what I need in order to bring charges and win my case.Hmmm, I wonder if it would fall under the RICO statutes.

In California, a Will alone is usually not sufficient to avoid probate. 

NW covers a broad range of neighborhoods.

.- Ball park ranges - what can I expect the cost of this process to be?

I'm not familiar with Detriot, but it looks like Cleveland would make more sense in the 150k price range 

For instance in the real world.. i bought 12 brand new constructions back in the Katrina days .. this was in the top county in Mississippi they ranged 150k to 225k each..

Only in a very narrow set of situations - such as 'if' the spread between the interest rate on your HELoC and your mortgage financing was sufficiently  favourable to the HELoC - could the HELoC approach yield a better outcome than regular pre-payment of your mortgage.

Structuring your lease in this way would benefit you by 1) locking in a longer term contract to avoid turnover costs and vacancy loss; 2) it moves your lease end date out of the winter season and into spring/summer of 2026 so it can be more easily marketed and re-rented to match the seasonal demand cycle; and 3) it avoids any upset/angry tenants who may have been incorrectly assuming their rent was going to stay in the $1,200 range after their first 6-month lease term.Would love to hear any updates you have on how this one shakes out for you though!