I think demand is decent.If you're looking in a flood zone you'll definitely want to understand the FEMA 50% rule.

I am leaning on local first for my next investment, but not ruling out an out-of-market opportunity. 

If there are items of value left behind, or even personal items of sentimental value, I will follow the abandonment rules to a "T" to avoid any legal issues.

I agree with Patricia, but there are always exceptions to every rule.

The goal of a HELOC is a quick line of credit to either refinance or sell and pay back the HELOC as soon as possible.PS - I would recommend taking a look into the Columbus Ohio market, there's tons of 1% rule deals still within the 120-180k price point with amazing appreciation potential.

The 1% rule is a simple rule which is easy to calculate and describe.The Market Analysis IS the screening rule. 

While BiggerPockets has very strict rules about (disguised) advertising in the forums, there's a whole classifieds section for that.Hope this helps!

Ok, but I mean is it against the rules?

Although @Joshua Dorkin has correctly stated that posts aren't deleted, they can be hidden when they have some forum rule violation or when a post is a duplicate.

The 1% rule is an old metric.