It seems both cities fare well in those regards and are projected to continue to do well.

Lessons learned: 1) Do a more thorough tour of house before purchasing 2) Have more money saved Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Just think about the worst damage a tenant can cause, such being liable for setting your rental house on fire or burning down your rental house and the neighbor's house, etc.

Flipping is high risk and can go wrong if you don't know what you're doing (or overdo the renos).For your house, run the numbers to see what it would look like as a rent as well as your own home. 

From there, continue your conversations and don’t let procrastination slow you down.  

Furnish Finder, corporate housing sites, relocation companies, etc?

You need to calculate your return on equity to see if it’s time to leverage that equity more, you also want to calculate your blended interest rate of the original loan and the the HELOC to see if that’s the best rate or if a cash out refi would be better.If I were you I would look at doing the same move again and buy another primary residence and turn your current house into your second rental.

unless it was forced appreciation I'd love to see a house that appreciated 15% in 6 months. 

I can never know for sure if the pipes or wiring was replaced (my biggest concern), I don't think an inspector can actually tell as well since you have to tear down the entire house.

Hi everyone, we have a property under contract but we just got informed that there are alterations done to the house without appropriate permits.