I'm not sure how your specific state would treat it, but I suspect it would have to start fresh with the new owner.

I am freshly new to the BP community, living in northern Virginia, and have been learning a great deal from the Craig Curelop House Hacking book.

But once you have done that, then replace the HELOC at that point for new fresh money to buy again.You can also accelerate the payments on the HELOC with the profits from the rental, thereby opening up your HELOC credit availability again so it can be used for your next rental.   

(I only want an ugly duplex to house hack so I can get sweat equity and then they buy a freshly flipped SFH).

The episode is fresh, only from 10 days ago, and its just David Greene all episode. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...It's a Q&A where David fields questions from the BP community and gives great answers.

We also make sure that the property has been freshly mowed/maintained before move-in so our tenants can have the property in the same condition when they move-out.

You can always make the justification that if your property is really nicely appointed (nice kitchen, nice furniture, fresh paint, great interior decor), sleeps a bunch of people, has fun amenities (hot tub, swimming pool, pool table, outdoor kitchen area, manicured firepit) and things for people to do: they will book it out regardless of where it's at.

I think a good sanding, some paint and a nice garden around the edges to break up the lines would go a long way. 

I'd like them to hear the situation, check my lease, and tell me my options to move forward with the end goal in mind, which is to evict everyone except Erica mainly, or evict all and start fresh.

Also, market rent generally has homes that are freshly turned.