I would like to get a HELOC on the house to have some dry powder as I start looking for investment properties.  

I have tried  carpet powder and it worked for a month or two but I no longer have access to the vacuum cleaner so buying a vacuum is about the same as buying $135 worth of flooring.  

Based on an estimate from Anderson, we will probably let the next buyers do that themselves.We did some basic updates to the powder room.  

Safer to keep some dry powder if not a winner.  

Does putting down chilli pepper powder help repulse the raccoons?

My problem got a lot better with some scrubbing with a plastic bristle brush and some ajax powder bleach, but its not totally gone yet.

Or knowing I have some dry powder if I ran across a great deal that needed action pronto.Second thing I would do is evaluate interest rate vs smallest balance.

In fact it's just the opposite: there's so much "dry powder" with investors starving for yield and so few deals, that investors will flood into anything that's good.

.- 2000 sq ft townhouse in Marina Del Rey (upscale CA beach neighborhood)- Good condition, but cosmetically everything is older- Need to upgrade a powder and guest bath where everything stays in the same spot but is replaced- Upgrade master bath, same things as above AND add a clawfoot tub where there is a closet now - 3 feet from nearest water connection (don't have to move walls).

If the damage is that bad (and I've seen it that bad - powder post beetles) whereas sistering isn't an option - we've just replaced in their entirety.