My family is also the most important thing, I call my son my North Star.

you could be the next star agent.

Kansas still rocks thoAs a second note, HELOCs are based on the Wall Street prime rate as opposed to traditional mortgage rates.

It is only 6 minutes from the Keswick Vineyards and within 10 from Star Hill Brewery; thanks for opening my eyes!

This is not standard, some realtors will shoot for the stars and request this.

Did anyone see me there slanging my cameras and rocking my mohawk? 

Always consider the possible exit strategies before you buy a property--I try to avoid buying properties that only have only one exit strategy or one use, because that's too much risk for me. ...If you found yourself in over your head with the management of the STR (which is much more time intensive to manage than a LTR), or if the STR market stalls and you have too much vacancy, you could pull the rip cord and turn it into a LTR (which would lower your cashflow, but would also free up a lot of your time, and lower your exposure to the numerous risks of STRs)...but if your STR only works as a STR, then you could easily find yourself between a rock and a hard place...know your exit strategies, and have sufficiently safe exit strategies to protect yourself from worst-case scenarios before you buy a property.Having said all that, the househack/STR strategies I described above would usually be significantly riskier, and significantly more challenging that just buying a normal house and house hacking it...Consider these two scenarios:1.

Regardless, be like the other rockstar wholesalers (Cornelius and Lloyd) and offer them a solution and be creative in your way of reaching them and you can likely make good money on the deal, *thumbs upI really do hope someone else responds with logical reasons why someone would let a rental property fall into disrepair (hole in roof) for financial reasons because it really seems unlikely.

I am only getting to know the market but it looks like a few properties might really be swinging for the stars on price. 

Adding windows and framing rooms/bedroom, flooring, adding doors and sheet-rocking the whole thing should not be terribly expensive.