I buy fixer uppers to create value, essentially buying some work.

You essentially just confirmed that the banks were right in turning you down for a HELOC.  

I understand its unsecured debt, and half of it was essentially credit card debt but my question is does anyone else experience this?

I essentially want to get into property management servicing and other interesting opportunities.Any advice would be greatly appreciated

He could essentially mentor you.

One of the moderators here J Scott posted: you're essentially asking a stranger to: - Devote a significant amount of time to you - Train you to potentially become their competitor I don't know too many people who would do that for a perfect stranger for nothing in return.

That is the value I see in a multi family not even considering the loan side of things @Sean Wait said go hard money to avoid the PMI by paying essentially cash to the seller and then refinancing using the propety's equity as collateral for the bank and borrowing from them to pay off the hard money lender.

If you want to try to wholesale MLS properties, its essential you have them under contract, and have them under contract in such as way that you can wholesale them. 

 $1500 is nothing - in the scheme of things - if that makes the difference between making it happen and not.I'll say this: I only got enough gumption to get started because someone - whom I didn't realize at the time was serving the role of a mentor - essentially guaranteed me he'd support me for the first project.  

Tax delinquent properties are usually sold by the county, not the property "owner".There are a couple ways they are sold: either a tax deed or a tax lien.When you buy a tax lien, you are essentially taking the county's position during any possible redemption period during which time the owner may be able to cure the delinquency and pay the taxes due.