This may seem like a silly question, but there is surprisingly very little literature that answers this question head-on : my spouse and I bought an apartment abroad, that we will rent out once we have put it in rentable condition.

We also have a LOC through NFCU that we would probably use for rehab funds, and it would be convenient to be able to pay that back from an internal account.Is it also wise to do the same thing with credit cards?

Eastern Idaho I have noticed some cooling down, not a 10% drop yet but I'm not surprised to hear what you said.

Here it is not illegal to transfer one to the next owner and I would be surprised if it is there if you saw 3 homes with cesspools. 

Where is convenient?

Make sure there are no surprises for them.

I don't foresee any sudden surprises.

I would not be surprised that you might make your 9k back in a few years. 

It could turn into an administrative nightmare and fraudulent transcripts produced by some creative college students wouldn't be a huge surprise.

Surprisingly, most of the BP community took it as a joke, and received many negative comments such as "give them a plunge" or "toilet paper".