If you are concerned with prices taking a dive, why are you investing the HELOC? 

Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio is like being nowhere at allAll through the day how the hours rush byYou sit in the park and you watch the grass die!

A typical 7 night stay in one of my rentals will be a ‘maximum vrbo fee’ of $499.

I understand this doesn't happen over night, but at $200/door I need around 50 doors to be able to achieve my goals. 

Generally 6 months or more is long term, even though STRs are typically nightly rentals.

However lately I have come across several success stories of people killing it doing real estate wholesaling who are even younger than me and it has inspired me to dive in right now even though I'm young, and don't have everything figured out.

She cancelled a cleaning service the night before (3 months ago), they charged her a $40 fee, and after her not paying it for three months it's being addressed to me, the landlord.

We had one guest stay for 3 nights one time and after their dogs urinated on the carpet we could never get the smell out.

I'll probably start diving into the specifics of my area.

I did real estate school online at night after my normal job, and eventually got my license 3 months later.