In my experience, dented doors seem to have trouble over time because they do not open and close properly.

With a HELOC you could still tap into the equity, but not have to worry about moving, and go to a Midwest city and buy rentals around the $100-200k range per each and just put 20-25% down on them.But overall as everyone said above, it’s important to define your lifestyle goals and then fine how real estate can get you there.

@Sami Gren If there's a proper area in their unit to add one and if they're the ones that will be paying the added utility bill, I would allow it.

Keep all your paperwork and share with your tax professional to allocate properly.

Then the step after that is to find a lender who is proficient in BRRRR and have a real conversation with someone who can guide you on the proper next steps and costs/risk should you decide to make an offer on the property.

Proper, CBIZ and Foremost ate the big players.I found Foremost to be the best bang for the buck.

It is unfortunate that we have to deal with these types of issues as investors from time to time, but if ever there was a clear enough case of different appraisers giving different appraisals and some not even bothering to do the job properly, this is one.  

Learning to analyze deals properly is very important.

I am brand new and I hope I am using this platform properly (first post).

Do you check every drain, including floor drains for proper drainage.