@Joshua Cook you may find this interesting.

The more properties you analyze, the easier it will be for you to make appropriate offers to sellers which still have meat on the bones for an investor. 

That's the name of the game for me at this point in my investing career. 

That being said, Cook County is famous for having illegal 3-4 unit buildings and since they have changed owners a lot, sometimes not even the owners know of the actual zoning of their building. 

I’m looking to make contact with a wholesaler in Kailua-Kona, Captain Cook, Hawaii.

Cook your own food, do your laundry, have more space than a motel room.

@Minna Reid I reckon a big question is whether big banks and Wall Street are cooking something up.

But if the potential profit outweigh the risk, I may be able to convince one or two of my friends to invest with me at the property.3.

For every dollar increase in basis input to a product/ service, say the meat in a burger, the cost to consumer increases $1.20. 

Given that this individual is not particularly interested in using the home equity for his/her own devices, is quite happy to lend to me at 0.25% above the HELOC rate (yes, I acknowledge I'm very lucky), it seems like it makes sense to take advantage of this rate difference.