I even waited to get the deed before I made any improvements so it wouldn’t be too hard for an owner to redeem a vacant house.

I asked for a slick opportunity to give my tenants free charging for a year, instead I have been offered the opportunity to improve Blinks business model to apartment owners.   

In 2021, the most common reason people were investing was because there stock portfolio felt "too high" and wanted diversification, they were refi'ing their homes at 2.5% and redeploying that equity, or they had another syndication sell and they needed to redeploy the proceeds. 5.

HELOC bank doesn't want their line used as a term loan on real estate they don't have collateralized and the bank that you apply for a loan for doesn't want your down payment to be borrowed.If you wanted to get the HELOC for home improvements then decide to draw on it for liquidity, had it sit in a bank account for a couple months and then applied for a MF loan and used it as the down payment, you'd have to answer no to the question, "is any part of the down payment borrowed".

Are you interested in creating your own fund to actively purchase and improve properties in Opportunity Zones near you, or are you looking for a more passive OZ investment? 

I have my primary residence single family home paid off in full Zestimate ~$500K, and no other outstanding loans for cars, schools, credit cards, and in good financial position with 2 years of reserves for expenses, etc.

I've heard that traveling medics are generally not home much.

Depreciation, mileage, home office, meals, 401k (assuming earned income a real estate biz) are all things to consider when wanting income higher so you can have more access to capital.Most decent lenders will give you credit for depreciation, however.

Do we just have escrow write us a check for the 25% of the proceeds after the sale, since that was our primary home portion? 

There's also regular inspections of both the living conditions and conditions of the home, and I've known some LLs in my area to fail for really stupid things (like a broken screen that the tenants must have broke), and if you fail no money until you pass.