@Richard Benjamin WilhiteSince you inherited the land, I believe your cost basis is typically the land's fair market value at the time of inheritance. 

Zillow also hs a "Make Me Move" feature you can click on to see home owners listing their property in hopes of a good offer.I have also seen peopl reach out tp local AFL Assisted living facilities to talk to the Admin or on boarding nurse to see if ay families or people need to sell their home to cover costs.

Those horror stories are typically from amateur landlords that don't know how to screen tenants.

Property owners get an annual update on their SEV & Taxable Values with their city property tax bill, typically sent in December.So now, the city assessor tracks the SEV, but homeowners are taxed based upon the capped Taxable Value.

The only difference is the seller remains on title until we have enough equity to refinance or sell.3: Typically we don’t agree to balloons.

We typically do 4-5 years interest only while paying down the principle balances over time.

This sudden jump in rates has not fully caught up with market cap rates yet since especially in the commercial and multifamily property markets, transactions typically take 6 months to transact, creating a lag effect between interest rates and market cap rates since interest rates adjust daily.

If you elect to use a VA loan, that typically means you don't plan to put any money down.

Just curious, what is a typical LTV I can draw up to with a HELOC on primary and investment property? 

If all things are the same a 3/2 will command a higher price than a 2/2, and typically as a property gets more expensive the average length of stay goes down.4.