The new trend they started a couple years back of arbitrarily needing to raise the annual subscription fee $100 each year to "provide the best service" would fit into this also

I plan to move back to India soon and was wondering if at all it would be possible to remotely manage my properties from India (12 hour time difference makes real time communication a lot harder).

It would require us to flip our site plan completely.

virtually any state out in the west will fit this bill.. careful with STR regulations though

The terms on the HELOC, if you can find one, will most likely be worse than a cash out refinance term sheet I am planning to cash-out refi as much as possible.

Many beginners jump in without a plan leading to mismatched goals and markets.

If the guest has a valid point make some changes, and in the response acknowledge you we're unaware and plan to adjust.

I own, am planning to retire to the East Coast with my son and two little dogs.

We can't just give someone X-amount without it corresponding to specific work, so when in fact this doesn't get done, our in-house construction team designed budgets as they saw fit. 

So ask them to pre-underwrite your deal and give you a feel for what their best plan would be.