Can anyone give their knowledge on investing with them and especially those that posted earlier this year and were having some difficulties.

Take the extra cash and see if you can build a MF.  

If you can find good deals and manage rehabs well, you shouldn't have a lot of difficulty finding an equity partner willing to fund the deal and split the profits. 

Property management is difficult.  I

Eventually they will come back up, and some of the folks that refinanced to an ARM may not be able to cover the difference, so some of the extra cash that's in the market may dry up as well.

I recently did a cash out refi on an investment property to pay off the line of credit I had used for the downpayment on said property.I have about $5k in funds left over, and I'm trying to figure out what to do with ...

Even if the buyer was happy to pay the extra cost generated by the HOA fees, explain to the appraiser how HOA reserves adds value to the home.

For them, it is how long they think it will take based on their guy's history, difficulty, their experience, materials, etc.  

I've actually done the same thing with washers/dryers that I provided as a convenience to the tenant because I had extra ones.

For serenity, stroke the check and chalk up the little bit extra to shared appreciation.