That can hold significant weight in determining what will ultimately be your filing state.

@Dale RadcliffBased on your background where you owned a construction company, I'd highly recommend attending a local REIA or one near Grand Rapids (Hot in Michigan right now) where investors need someone to do the management of their rehab work.

As Zachery mentioned, talking to ppl face to face holds major weight.

A good property manager is worth their weight in gold, but I totally understand some are there just to make money, while avoiding lifting a finger...yes, Nam, it was his podcast.

Secondarily, the property with the existing HELOC is building equity rapidly and will be fully paid off in about 8 years.  

A glowing review with details might hold more weight than several brief reviews that some host just pasted, or a boilerplate good review because they didn't want to leave a bad one. - ENCOURAGE GOOD REVIEWERS - Let guests up front know how important it is for you to earn their 5-star review.

I've been looking and have tentatively decided on the Grand Rapids area of Michigan to buy my first house.

I have written a few articles on why I believe this rapid growth in AZ is occurring. 

Under our rates view, many Canadian mortgage borrowers may be forced in the coming years to refinance their loans at higher mortgage rates.Here's Goldman Sach's analysis:The recent rapid rise in house prices in Canada presents a risk of eventual over-heating.A model of bust risk that accounts for house price-to-rent ratios, past changes in real house prices, investment-to-GDP ratios, real GDP growth and inflation puts the probability of a 5% or larger downturn in real house prices over the next 5-8 quarters at around 30%.

Clayton Glad you weight in:1) Its not my only capital as I said before.