Most hard money you get these days is 12% interest.

Ko how about if both homes were purchased together since its the same seller?

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.

I read the same are Russell-so they have changed the article from California to the entire country. 

Don't just go during the day, but visit the areas in the evenings.  

What you would normally repair on one house, another house same repairs the owner flips out and cries you're spending their money.When we get tenants who get carried away with repair requests (like 1-2 a month is ridiculous IMO) we usually get on the phone with them, level with them and then tell them we can find a replacement in that apartment since they feel its so bad.

We purchased the home on 6/7/2022 for $200,000 and sold it the same day for $233,000.

A smaller house on the same block sold as a STR this year for $640k, is smaller sf, half the size pool and smaller yard.Trying to put a number to this property, thoughts?

It’s full of idiots who have nothing better to do all day than troll the Mortgage Grapevine, and they obviously aren’t making any loans!

You're just using new debt to pay off old debt (which is the same concept as your alternative: refinancing your primary to pay off the HELOC).