So I am forced to look elsewhere for a deal that cashflows.

There's a great book that BP puts out for estimating rehab costs, but it would be awesome to walk through a prospective property with a touchpad that forces me to check all the important bits and record photos, and then spits out an estimate of the rehab costs in a similar way that that book does. 

I agree with @John Underwood in today's climate I would be very cautious in forcing a showing.

So currently the talk of town is that investors other developers are trying to clean up the town and build new buildings and homes to drive up property values, which would force the low income families to leave.

My guess would be all the pressure on the concrete is forcing it to shift and crack.

and think of all the worst, divorces can force partition sales, so many external forces could effect your partners ability to contribute (as many when-if's you can think of)if the whole hing is really short term?

Or someplace that has room for forced appreciation via rehab?  

I was thinking of looking for a fixer upper to see how I can fix it up, force a little appreciation and then refinance.There are many things to look into when shopping around for a heloc besides the rates.

@Brian BurkeHere I was thinking balance sheet and forgot all about "forced" CAPEx accounts with lenders.  

With this new law going into effect next year, that will force everybody to do it.