My main question is whether to rehab, refinance and pay the back the 401 to avoid fees, or BRRR to continue growing my portafolio and hope to recover the fees paid at some point (ROI).

What would be the rent on the place if both the main and guest houses were rented out?

Two main thing are content and consistency, posting content that people want to read or listen to, and doing it on a regular basis.

Forbes has a habit of putting something like this out every few years.The "bad" thing about investing your IRA in real estate is that the main Wall Street players do not have control over your funds and the means to earn commissions selling financial instruments.His arguments are entirely tilted towards to negative and not providing any context or perspective.I could just as easily pick 3 or 4 historically bad stock investments (Enron) or high fee annuities, and make it sound like that was all that you could expect if you went to a conventional brokerage - which is clearly not the case.For someone who understands real estate as an asset class, there is the potential to have your IRA produce consistent returns and have true diversification away from the news-cycle volatility of conventional financial products.

I am sure there are benefits to the HELOC; the obvious being the *potentially* lower monthly payment.

Thank you @Justin Robert , he said that the main panel is wired through an old frayed wire and that the interior wire is run outside the house then back in and that the range outlet is unsafe. 

Sometimes it is a huge benefit to be ignorant at first!

As in, a 10,000 person town I'd stay away from - you want a reasonably diversified economy...Here's the main concern I have with your startup plan - Inevitably investing out of your area will put someone locally in a stronger position with regards to negotiating. 

This is an investment property, and I thought since I have the cash, I can benefit from an all-cash purchase and hopefully get a lower price.My questions are:1) Does it make sense to buy with all cash, and refinance in a few months, knowing i will pay closing costs twice?

Negotiations were very difficult mainly because I had won, or thought I won, the auction 3 times in a row.