I received this present today seen below (on the heals of a $5k special assessment divided monthly into just a few short years).

Purchase price: $200,000 Cash invested: $5,000 Sale price: $251,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Seth Choate, successfully completed a deal on E Church Street, Stockton, CA.

We have been very successful at increasing value for resell, but are ready to flip homes that we do not live in. 

Factors such as location, lot size, and zoning significantly impact property value and sales velocity.Let's share insights, challenges, and strategies for success in this dynamic market.

I've been looking at some of the online lenders (Better, Figure, Rocket Mortgage, etc) and while they offer a decent product, perhaps there is a lender who is local to Indiana that would offer a HELOC with better terms? 

Looking at both short and medium term options and I wanted to see if anyone would be willing to provide any insight on one vs the other. 

Second, the brokers who perform these are often brokers with a lot of time on their hands, so the pool of brokers are the LEAST successful and newest brokersThird, the brokers are not educated in the proper METHODOLOGY to perform a valuation.Look, if you as a broker run some comps where the subject property is a SFR in a “cookie cutter” subdivision and the subjects age, style, amenities, condition, are similar to the comps being used, you’ve got a fair shot at a pretty accurate valuation.  

Once you get your systems down, you have a real estate business model that you can take to any market and be still be successful.

You can be successful with most strategies here if you can source good deals. 

A HELOC is best used as a short-term debt instrument.