I'm not talking conspiracy nut doomsday prepping here.

I'll  have a lot questions about the nuts and bolts of the whole process - finding a deal,  applying for a loan, writing a lease, tenant screening, tax strategies, etc.

The interest rates right now are still pretty good even for investment properties so it may still be fruitful to cash out refi. 

I told you I'm nuts!

I can relate to you completely, managed a whole....long....year in an office after graduating and it drove me nuts, went back out in the field doing what I love and havent looked back.

Live trap with fruit or nuts or peanut butter will usually do the trick for price of the trap about 40 bucks..Take the critters a ways away  several miles or they will just come back.Figure out how they got in and board it up.Don't use POISION,, dead animals in attics it pretty gross, you will regret it. 

My house is appraised in the mid $700s too...and not really anything special so ~$500k budget may not get you there, but hey...even blind squirrels find nuts right?...

Look for long sections of pipe that aren't mechanically supported, wire nuts waving in the breeze, people using garden hose for the propane line, etc.  

If you figure out how to crack that nut, please share.

Drives my wife nuts since her dad has always been a do-it-yourselfer and doesn't understand my mentality.