Tenant would have preferred to keep paying the lower rental amount, but she stayed.It may be worth it to discuss with each tenant face to face.

It's now worth about 385K and I didn't do any work or improvements.

@Kim Porciunculaare you able to visit in person to view properties and build your team?

I'm not saying it's not possible - but it ought to be worth it.

I'd be open to most towns in the south bay, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Cupertino, etc.  

It depends on your view of the government, I guess.The trustee of the WLLC is the one who would sign on the deed so my name would be out of it.

Then you find out what the house would be worth if it were fixed up with comps in the area.

I view a HELOC as a great short term debt instrument to get you into deals - like a flip, BRRRR, or a deal that you can't pass up while waiting to sell another property. 

and if that's not feasible & you can't / don't want to lose the cash monthly, selling and even losing a little of what you put into it might be worth it to you. if you could sell today, how much would you walk away with, and what could that money do for you in a higher-cashflow area?

Not worth the headache and they don’t appreciate as much.