My view of holding any of their stock would be different if I were buying in as a non-agent, likely wouldn't be on my radar...but I'll have to balance that risk/speculative gain for myself over time as I'll at least have a hands-on feel for day to day operation, if not the big picture finances of the company. 

With proper planning these can be extremely helpful, even more so if you're in a hot market (easy to sell) and buy off market (less competition).

Thanks, Adam Most HELOCs are interest only, so the payment is simply (balance * rate / 12). $25k * 5.5% / 12 = $114.58.

Did you get the title transferred properly, with title insurance?

While anyone with the proper securities licensing can sell them, your typical financial advisor doesn't know real estate. 

Either put the partnership together properly or just buy it in your own LLC and have your partners be silent partners.

The *minimum* that any lender I’ve ever talked to was for the loan balance.

Getting started is a fine balance between education and motivation.

Not running fans in the bathroom, running humidifiers, not properly cleaning and not venting dryers properly (as you learned).

Ideally there's a balance between the notion of Right First Time and Minimum Viable Product that should be struck whereby one acquires enough knowledge to act and then uses action to adapt and evolve.