We believe in mentorship and have no problem paying for it if our expectations are met and the group or guru follows through with what we were promised and paid for.  

just be cautious when it comes to using these. ensure you've got a plan to pay that balance back in a relatively quick fashion as most HELOC rates can fluctuate which could make the numbers suddenly not work. i've leveraged mine in instances where i'm doing a BRRR and i want the deposit for a private money loan. i'm not using it as my downpayment and leaving it out there for a long period of time. 

I would start by getting a look at what you're working with - paying for an inspector to visit isn't a bad idea, but depending on how much hoarding was done, it may be wise to remove some of the junk items first so they can give you a more accurate report. 

Recap: Tenant didn't pay rent for a few months, and we ended up in court, agreeing to a 12 month arrears payment (per courts).Today tenant received a DCA EPP Payment for 6 months into the future (May->Oct).

Not only do you have to pay lawyers but you also have to pay an economist to write a report, pay the licensor and the list goes on.

They owe me $1300, and I feel like they are trying to get by and just leave without paying me the rent that they owe.

It seems like that they do not want to pay for the 45 dollars to go through it.

From my experience, it seems that's why it's hard to find dependable cleaning & property management for STRs because it's a higher volume of turnover of guests, and property owners can only pay so much for management/cleaning.

Now you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.

Now you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.