Today it is a mask and tomorrow it is a hair color or something equally unreasonable.

But ,we're not going to leave you high and dry!

I know it sounds like I'm splitting hairs but some banks write HELOCs in their residential department....which won't write Investment Properties.

Personally,  we do C/D rentals, and you can take people to court, but getting water from a dry wall is pointless IMO.   

TLC--hidden liabilities like old dry cleaner sites, up-to-code-issues (sprinklers?)

How do colleges and the govt look at finances when household income is not cut and dry W2 income?

This, supplemented by your HELOC, will give you plenty of dry powder to work with when acquiring the property. 

It's like splitting hairs, they are all very similar.That said, what you buy in said market is where you will see your biggest swings in ownership experience.

They do regular home inspections, new construction and pre-dry wall inspections as well as radon, termite and septic. 

Whenever a new property comes up I quickly add the address to the bottom of the list and if the last stop on the "trip" is inside my identified area I can move on to analyzing the deal.Right now I'm looking to add more properties to my portfolio in that area, but the deal flow is super dry.