Finally, when/if you do, some lenders want to season the new refinance for one year before offering the HELOC.

I'm finally confident enough (and finally got my wife on board) to start making moves. 

Final piece of advice: REI can seem overwhelming.

I finally call the utility company again and she still hasn't done it.I presume she will want the keys soon, but what do we do?

We are planning these as buy and hold properties for the long term (more than 5 years).Locations: We live in California and have not finalized our purchase location, but midwest states are the focus. 

I finally got my tenant out and she had no place for a garage completely packed full of her stuff.

since my final goal is cash flow.I always wondered what people are doing in case their rental property gained a lot of equity, and of course, it also depends on if I have a better place to park the money.

Glad it finally worked out. 

The mortgage info does not appear in my final analysis, I can not find the cap ex and other expense numbers from old calculator. 

Great, hem and haw away, let me know when the final HOA docs are in, and we'll talk.