If your house is raised (crawlspace) its an easier job, but still labor intensive as the line would have to be dug up and replaced. 

Coming from a tech background I find it easier to understand tech fundamentals better than other industries.

Rent it for $450-$550/month, cashflow $200-$300OROption 2: BRRR a 30K houseIt seems it might be smarter to do a BRRR just because I imagine it would be easier to pull the money back out this way to do it again.Any thoughts?

My opinion is that we should get as much as possible so that we can pursue a wider range of possibilities, and so that we don’t come up short on any potential deals that we may want to pursue.The difference in the in interest rate between the 80% option and 90% option is a quarter of a percent, which does not appear to be a pro-forma breaker, especially since we are using the HELOC as a bridge loan until we can complete the rehab and seasoning before refinancing into a conventional 30 year loan.Other than the difference in percentage on the HELOC, can anyone think of reasons why a disciplined investor would not want to have a larger line of credit at their disposal?

That is simply the next state that I would like to see and figured it might be a bit easier than the bay area.

Just yesterday on the latest podcast it was stated that it's easier to do this if you understand the money and business side of things and hire out the labor vs the opposite of that situation.

The goal of any public official is only to appear to do their job.

FHA is great if you're going to owner occupy 2-4 unit, but conventional 5% wins on SF-- the mortgage insurance cost is lower and easier to remove.

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I put both into separate accounts as it's easier for me to do the books and write off the expenses.