Owners should write a narrative about deals/assets for insurance providers.2-3% rent growth is always appropriate.Rents are flattening.Buyers are focusing on untrended rents.Getting the pig through the snake, as an analogy for getting through current excess rental inventory absorption to get to a gap that will exist in a couple of years.

Even if the blended rate is higher than a cashout refi in the beginning, you can pay down the principal on the 2nd with your excess income while keeping the 1st mortgage in place as is.

California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

Your only exit is to use all your excess money to pay off the heloc or hold the rental and hope it will increase in value enough to sell and pay off your heloc.

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

The change-orders were not excessive.

I've seen judges for the last 20 years throw out accrued late fees and deduct paid fees if deemed excessive and predatory.  

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

Because active residential RE is not passive, I need RE to return far in excess of 10% lifetime return of S&P 500.