Our local credit unions had two methods of doing a HELOC: one did a drive by inspection of the house and the other wanted an internal inspection.  

Internal Revenue Code Section 1031.

Long story short - you cant just take the current effective tax rate and apply it linearly to the new price - there are fixed and variable components of property taxes so it wont scale like that. 

From what i've read online (not financial advice) the bank only requires one of the owners to use the property as their primary to qualify for a primary financing.From what I understand this will also very much depend on the internal guidelines of the particular lender you're talking to. 

Today's update is to let you know that it has not stabilized and is continuing to decline.At Bartomeo Property Management we track several key metrics to not only assess the market but to help us understand our internal operations.

@Chelsey Coleman My husband and I have a guest room that we mostly rent mid term to visiting scholars, interns and students.

I don't know if I agree with your philosophy about maintaining some components and others not.

I like the operating-holding strategy, but the only side of that which is simple is the operating component.

The extremely wealthy and the international wealth is still here bidding.

Mortgage brokers are probably the most critical and least celebrated component to any RE transaction utilizing third party financing.