Sure, but for every bad contractor there is also a bad investor/ home owner that has not paid a tradesman upon completion of a job.

I would say as an agent if a property is in a rough area I don't put signs since it can attract those bad apples or get stolen. 

Not bad.

Happy to connect with you guys!

Just keep in mind that using that emergency fund to buy your next property and having tapped a HELOC already may leave you in a bad spot if you run into a similar problem again.Also, I’m not 100% sure, but I have heard that personal loans don’t your credit more so than other types of debt so be sure you look into that if you go the personal loans route and then planned to finance your next purchase soon after.

For the most part, the guys and girls at the ground level are still great and focused on what they do! 

again, not a bad deal if they accept my offer.

Stainless steel appliances, cleaning service every other week and I am johnny on the spot with repairs.As a result my vacancies are not that bad even with a model designed to be somewhat transitory. 

It is easy to provide well-intended 'bad' advice.My questions to you would be... 1.

Looking for a gut check here because my CPA/tax guy is advising against dumping the brokerage account bc taxes, missed upside - but he also admits to not specializing in real estate asset/tax protection strategies.