If you used a loan to rehab your property and find yourself in a difficult position, doing a straight refi (just paying off the old mortgage) will be easier than trying to pay off the original loan and take additional cash out.

These will be LTRs and I will most definitely be playing the long game with these.In addition, as rates go down in the future (hopefully) I plan to refinance as most of us do.

With some additions, this would qualify for the OMG category, but I think they didn't have that category back then when it was on the market.

I'm unsure if you would be able to combine both loans given that the HELOC is tied to a different property than the one you got traditional financing on.A work around is if you are able to purchase the new property with the HELOC at a significant enough discount, bring the property value up via renovations or additions, then refinance the property, pulling out enough money to repay the HELOC. 

Additionally, we have paused the approval process for the 72-unit rental building due to the current uncertainties and complexities involved.Our original plan has been disrupted, but we believe in the potential of Corktown—a rapidly developing area with immense promise.

They attract artists, creatives, and people who appreciate a vibrant urban lifestyle.Real Estate Appreciation (Historically): @Dan H. points this out with his bathroom addition.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

A less then full investigation may result in one thinking that the house and or the house and tennis court lots were what was being sold.As I later found out, a newbie tax lien investor thought they were getting a great bargain by outbidding other misinformed investors and paying the back taxes, legal fees, and an additional $34,000 (overage) which the county forwarded to me.  

We wanted additional units to pay mortgage and have cash flow.

.- Value add - How much does it cost to build additional storage units?