So far we have 4 properties in a market a couple of hours away and to scale, we need to pivot from regular buy and hold (20% down payment, not a ton of value add) to BRRRR with hard or private money. 

That's major mining operations up there, periodic resupply for decades, the needs of thousands of people taken care of regularly.

If you’ll start regularly adding, then I’d look for something more tax efficient.

My business is regular residential sales and investment properties.   

I am one of the few who doe's, what I reference here is from 1st hand experience, not theory or what was read or heard, this is something I have personally been involved with and am actively involved with regularly at this time, we call it a "Tuesday" in my brokerage, lol.

It is a developing community and seniors are retiring/selling there homes on a regular basis (Fredericksburg area as a whole).

Unfortunately, back then with recycling, each unit get 3 pails, one each for for regular, paper, plastic and metals, with the unit number on each pail.

I am curious what people’s thoughts are to a HELOC as opposed to the lump sum of a regular loan?

I'm just a regular 9-5 Job person & want to stick to the intial price as I live my life with budget & still want to invest in Real Estate.Any experience or opinion like such would be greatly appreciated.

So here are pros and cons of managing yourself.Pros:  you keep all profits (except 3% to credit card company), get to know guests, create a rapport with regular guests, make it personalized and memorable for your guests (my housekeeping staff was great and would leave flowers for anniversaries and balloons for bdays)Cons: Phone calls late at night sometimes, dealing with guests who are nasty and ignore your rules (ie no pets/no smoking, but it's nice having damage waiver in place), trial and error finding right housekeeping/maintenance/HVAC/plumbing people.Going with a property management company pros and cons:Pros:  they deal with all the issues and reservations callsCons: they may not be as attentive to your property as you would be and don't follow through with rules of no pets/no smoking.