My thing is, they’re all gonna say there the best, say they take care of everything, have a great track record of keeping tenets happy/having low vacancies.

Anchorage is multi-family heavy for owner occupants and investors...so they tend to take decent care of them...at least enough to not get foreclosed on or so run down they cannot resell close to market value.I would encourage you to connect with MULTIPLE RE Investing friendly  agents and let them know what you're looking for.

This can be a little faster but you have to be careful about moving too fast because it's difficult to grab a screen shot of something specific.

I originally planned to use these funds for the purchase, but opted not to last minute.From what I've researched, I like the concept of a HELOC for major capex, but wanted to get other people's opinions.

Once you have that figured out, then the rest takes care of itself.

Nobody cares about your life history.

He hasn't been a total pain (he takes very good care of the property), however his original 1-year lease ended in January.

We had the local Title Company take care of the closing paperwork on all of them.Dan Dietz

Any pros on this board care to comment on this situation?

There are still COE processes that cannot be done in that time and the bank will not care until they have their money but that cannot be done with a briefcase of bills.