But neither do you, yet you started with:"Short answer is "yes"  - which I consider misleading.And you manipulated the OP's question to fit your agenda.

Dig into more of why you're investing and if cashflow is the short term goal there are markets and strategies for that, ask anyone investing in the buckeye.

We are Canadians looking to purchase a few rental properties in Ohio.

tell me more about the deal we are doing the same thing this year.

We are saving around 50%+ of our income on a yearly basis, while also putting away for retirement and we would both like to get out from under the mortgage on our primary residence sooner rather than later.After plugging in some of our numbers to a spreadsheet to simulate a first lien HELOC it seems to indicate that we would be able to payoff our primary residence in ~10 years while also paying significantly less in interest from a conventional mortgage.

Up here in the Reno, NV area we are seeing strong population growth from CA because of tax advantages and a different political climate than CA while still close to friends and family from CA. 

I have contacts for long and short term managers in the Tampa/ St Pete/ Lakeland area. 

I've done this on one house in order to cut costs - since then, I've added a meter with the utility company but it's a good workaround for the short term. 

Given that we are on BP and so many people know Brandon, I am very surprised that not many people are invested in ODC.

Even with our high mortgage cost, we are cash flowing !