However, aside from that, I couldn’t find much information about them, and the only online presence seems to be the wife’s LinkedIn profile (though I’ve never met her in person and am just going off her profile picture on Zillow).After submitting the application through Zillow, we attached our income (two months of pay stubs for each of us from our current jobs), work references, credit and criminal background, rental history, and the contact info for our current landlord (who just so happens to be my fiancé’s father).

I think I was having a hard time seeing the value of turnkey properties because of my personality style with regards to investing and wanting to trade up quickly.

Since you purchased your primary recently and in Houston, I personally am bearish on your appreciation potential.

I get that you are from there so you are getting emotional and taking my comments personal, which were not my intentions. 

Better option for personal use but perhaps not rental. 

The GC is a business person who doesn't care about your ARV, LTV, or your budget.

You can’t use the property personally for more than 14 days or 10% of days rented, whichever is more. 

HELOCs are generally provided to properties that are held in the owner's personal name.Are your family members not interested in refinancing the property?

Again, this is a conversation to have with your accountant to ensure the benefits would outweigh the costs.Another misconception is that there is little value in a cost segregation study for properties that do not have a lot of personal property in them or very little interior build out, such as industrial warehouses.

I've personally done just about every rehab scenario, properties I've lived in, properties bought as investments and even properties bought at auction.You've gotten good advice from folks on this list.