As we all know, you are really paying for the commission in the purchase price. 

Having to go see a piece and pay for transport makes used less attractive. 

I currently use Followupboss, prop stream, I alternate between calltools and mojo, I've also tried smarter contactIm looking for a CRM that incorporates all of this but Im not paying a crazy amount.  

Then she still only makes 2% extra for taking the risk of you not paying versus a bank.

You then will pay some long term capital gains, but you also have to take depreciation recapture. 

if you're W2 and full-time, hourly or salary, you should be able to go off your pay stubs for qualifying.

So they are good paying retail.. we had 5 to 7 offers on each project .

Quote from @Josh Jung: surprised you haven't heard of RBP. it's like a mix of services you can offer to your tenants like renters insurance, virtual concierge, etc So the property manager/landlord pays for their renters insurance, and filters?  

Having owned property in rockford its not a great appreciation area so getting a HELOC will probably take 5-10 years based on loan pay down and maybe some slight appreciation.

and are you looking to walk away with cash or simply refinance (meaning paying off) what you owe?