Pace has built communities that work off one another to achieve success.

Should be achievable with the LTC/LTV you are quoting.

I got a call from the Warren City hall and they reported pipes bursting and the whole driveway is flooded on initial reports.

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However, most of my tenants are locals who have lived here their whole lives.

While there are definitely benefits to running a fund, it's tough to achieve success with funds as a beginner because oftentimes investors are attracted to the track record of the person or team running the fund. 

These numbers will never be big enough to change the whole picture. 

Theyve treat it as if the whole thing is rented to them.

A HELOC is certainly an option if you could pay it off rather quickly or else you'll end up paying a whole lot in interest layer one. 

The whole place looks nice but bland.