Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Boise, etc.) that are developing and drawing more people.

And thats not a generalization that elders can't adapt, its just that these two obviously haven't.The most i get in terms of technology is monthly statements emailed about tenants paying rent, PM fee being deducted, and the owner draw being sent to me, as well as the balance of escrow.The dont have anything for status of work orders or apparently anything for their own quality assurance if they had no idea the status 2 days after it was supposed to be done.You've all given me a lot to think about and this has definitely been a learning experience for my REI journey, again I thank you all.

I have a decent amount of equity on this property so I want to get a HELOC set up on it while it is still my primary home so I can use the funds in the future.My question is this....If I open a HELOC at say around 50k-80k but do not draw on it until I secure a new loan/purchase a new house, will it affect my debt to income ratio for the new loan at all?....

I intend to hire a designer/architect to draw up the plans. 

I would go back to the drawing board here.

It is hard for a new platform to draw consumers, and I fear that once/ if they do they'll start selling premium features to agents that will more or less make the free version less valuable. 

I enjoy my work - I am a mechanical engineer by trade and am a senior manager currently - but I have always felt a draw to own my own rental property.

Looking for a decent app/software to draw/sketch a remodel for my planning phase.

However, I’m not an economist and don’t know how broad of a conclusion we can actually draw from charts like these.

New to REI and I’m looking in a similar market but this was actually a factor that is drawing me away from the area.