It's gonna go any day, and that could wipe out 6+ months of cash flow.

We’ve put in offers but a lot of condos either need to pass a survey by the lender or we need to put 25% down which would wipe out our second mortgage and most of our savings which I don’t feel comfortable doing.

They're best use to baby sit offers once they get accepted....and push them through

Even though I don't have the answer for it now, I figured in a couple years I'd have a solution/better idea how to wipe out HELOC.Is it worth taking out this big of interest only HELOC to obtain another rental at this time?

We are also assuming any junior liens were properly named/served in order for them to be wiped out.

Strong wind gusts and very dry conditions aren't helping with fighting the blaze and trying to contain the raging wildfire that is causing so much damage and grief.Can you imagine, going to the grocery store or visiting a friend down the street, and an hour later seeing smoke a few miles away, not thinking much about it or being very worried about it...but a few minutes / hours later being forced by order to LEAVE NOW and a few hours later you find out that multiple people are considered missing and that almost the whole town was completely wiped out... as if a bomb went off and flatted the entire area..Well, this is very much a reality for people Northern California in Butt County.

First things first though, I will have to take baby steps before talking to realtors.

So we will wait until the baby is born which will also allow me to finish some projects around here to get this place ready to list.  

Hoping I never get invited to anything for my tenants (wedding, baby shower, court).

It sounds paranoid, but if you're dependent on a platform like Airbnb to do most of your bookings like we do, the .1% of time these things happen can and will completely wipe out your business.