If you have a first mortgage, and a heloc, on an investment property, and you want to roll them up into one mortgage on that investment property, would that be considered a cash-out refinance or is this just a regular refinance? 

Solution: Regular updates.

On the flip-side: The venue itself was expensive as were tickets, some of the conference rooms got crowded (understandable given the speakers and topics), not much social media engagement with attendees (makes sense because all the staff was working at the conference), and some of the topics were mostly geared more towards investor newbies... not so much to those who read BP books or watch webinars or listen to the podcasts regularly.

At least in CA with relaxed laws on ADUs one can have a Junior ADU (<= 500 sqft) within the confines of the existing walls and one regular ADU (attached or detached), total of two.So if you are planning to build J/ADU within CA you might want to leave an option open for the the other for future.

"I learned the value of real estate from working in a small grocery store for 3 hours with 10 cents an hour pay." 

Had immigrant tenants pour bacon grease down the sink drains On a regular basis  .

I have some money saved and would like to put that for downpayment and reviewing previous post I assume that getting a loan (mortgage) for a Series LLC will be even more difficult that for a regular LLC (which apparently is already tough).

I know the terms for investment loans are different and usually require around 20% down, but I'm assuming if I can qualify for a regular (owner occupied) loan, I could also qualify for a conventional investment loan?

We try to avoid ceramic tile when possible due to the time it takes, kitchen backsplash is the only exception.You can buy okay LVP at big box stores, but I usually prefer materials from a flooring store, better value.

And, of course, they had a good handle one what type of rehab they were in store for when they looked at a house.