I just don't want to get into my emergency fund for a down payment on a new home to cover the 20% down payment.

Not great but it's something for my emergency fund. 

If you are in an emerging market with jobs coming in, then office may have demand.  

If you've been counting on the HELOC as your emergency fund, and then something else happens (possibly related to a recession), your emergency HELOC money is gone, and you don't have cash saved, because you were counting on the HELOC being there.

We have lots of opportunities emerging in 2018 that you can play across niches, sponsors and geographies. 

It may be that she is just severely mentally ill and skipping her medication doses and/or therapy sessions.I would just minimize your contact with her and only respond to her for emergency maintenance situations.

Imo would be better to rebook stays as if/when anything happens, damages or some emergency... on the actual stay dates, it’s going to be your issue right?  

If you're looking for cash flow, I would consider Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus.We like the east part of TN, Nashville is a market that has emerged and is continuing to expand.

If the latter, this might qualify as an emergency in which case you would not need to give them notice prior to entry.

Even though I am looking for my next property to buy and rent this current residence out, my main focus is saving up a hefty Emergency Fund/savings for the next 4 - 6 months while absorbing as much knowledge as possible, attending REA groups, running numbers in the biggerpockets calculator, networking, all that.