And depending on the grace period before a lender allows you to refinance out, you can repeat the process every 3 to 6 months.

If you plan to live there for an extended period of time and it would lower your current cost of living that would be an improvement, but this would be a negative cashflow investment and I'd personally pass.

But with a few more periods like the second quarter of this year, investors may need to reframe how they look at these deals.”The drop in ROI comes from soaring home prices on both ends of the flip deal.

Just curious what other investors are doing regarding the short fixed interest period on commercial loans.. 

Piece of paper saying you will live there for a year when you buy it.You say after this time period you’ll do a cash out refi to buy your next Property.

I assume that investors are periodically checking their properties in-person, but how often in your first year?  

I've looked into HELOCs, but the fact that they have the repayment period and variable interest rate isn't going to help me out with cash flow when it comes to the high Los Angeles pricing.

In the end he cannot keep it if you inspect the property and do not like it, as long as  you do in the periods specified, otherwise w hat is the point of the inspection? 

Extend the inspection period and make them get the water on.

I don't know if you knew this already, but if you live in your house for 2+ years, the capital gains earned over the ownership period is TAX FREE!