Either front end, whole term, or tails?

I thought about getting a 'Home Equity Loan" but cannot do it without home insurance (which I currently don't have it), but in order to get insurance I'd have to fix those outdated stuff prior; so I'm a dog chasing the tail on this issue.- What would you guys do;*Continue $aving and fix them with your own money (probably only by next year) *Get a personal loan, fix the issues THEN have some home insurance in order to get the home equity loan and include 'personal loan' in it*Or any other creative option I haven't thought about.Last input: I'm living in the house but am considering renting "it" ("them" - I got a 2bd in law out back)Thank y'all in advance.

@Russell Best join your local REIA.I chased down a real estate license, attended other meetups, read and researched, narrowly escaped the bite of a shark (be wary of shady people), chased my tail and too many squirrels (wasting my precious time), then found the network and education I wish I’d had from the start.The REIA has by far been my best investment of time and money.

In your tail end of your investment career (20yr+) you want zero debt and be chilling with no worries in the world collecting the checks. 

If you have a question, will he/she give you an answer that's right or have you chasing your tail only to tell you later, the lender "changed their guidelines?" 

I used to flip properties back in 2005-2008 and I got my tail handed to me in 2009 which pushed me out.

NEVER LET THE TAX TAIL WAG YOUR ENTIRE LIFE!

The more cash you add to the mix out of pocket (i.e...helping the tenant pay off the mortgages), the more cash you have to recover before a profit is made...and the longer it takes to get there.Well, I think that's like the tail wagging the dog.  

At the tail end of some radio broadcast, I recently thought I heard that it can produce $150k per acre?  

. - By this point wifey is in the tail end of her 3rd trimester, obviously no one is moving anywhere at this point except onto a hospital bed once in labor.- They rent out House A to cover the mortgage, 12 month lease. - Wife has baby, apartment too small, no fault evictions in Oakland are a pain in the butt.- They purchased another home with an owner occupant loan and 5% down a few months after closing on their first, about a half mile away (job transfer to other side of the country = that exception is granted on a routine basis, it being the exact same neighborhood makes this unusual).- Underwriter would have been within reason to ask for a birth certificate to line the date of that up with the rest, but in this case elected not to.Note the unusual circumstances surrounding this.