If it ever changed, I would just do it myself to save costs, but don't see it being something that will come up in the near future. 

We had plans to use the HELOC as a base to build our portfolio further with flips and rentals.Now we will have our dream property and a great rental cash flowing $550/month that we intend to save and reinvest later.  

I started saving up to become a homeowner in the near future and that simply was not enough for me, I wanted more than just a mortgage to pay every month till I paid it off or moved to something bigger.

It seems ridiculous to let that money sit in checking or savings until I need it, especially the money that is earmarked for capex!

Or find the money somewhere else or use savings.

If you go out of state, there is no reason to constrain on Dallas until you have done your research.I would expect that some who use neighbourhoodscout do it because it saves them time and money, not because the service is altruistic. 

The insurance inspector did not catch it so we saved some money.

It will end up saving you both a lot of time and increase efficiency.

What is the best way to shelter money from taxes and saving for future real estate investments?

Our plan was to pay off our loans as fast as we can, start a corporation to mitigate risk and start a joint savings account where we do 50/50 contributions to build up cash to invest.