You can't have your cake and eat it too...You can't see why a bank wouldn't want to give you a loan when you basically told them, hey I can't pay my bills, please bail me out for 3 months?

Write out some of your favorite places to eat (bites), your favorite things to see or do (sights) and any other tips you have about the area (insights).

I could likely get an 90%+ LTV HELOC to finance the updates, but If I chose to finance them and rent I'm concerned about the interest eating into my monthly cashflow from rental income, and how this impacts my outlook for acquiring a second property. 

Hi Fellows, what are the laws that govern if ESA animals can start for free with tenants ?

The HELOC does not do much for eating at the cash flow and the area is appreciating.

I don't think the lawyer has a leg to stand on but I'd hate to get into a drawn out battle and just eat up time. 

Perhaps, his 5 homes in Las Vegas could appreciate more than the 6-unit in California, but the management company and long-distance problems eat up a huge portion of any profits.I am not saying property management companies are bad.

If so it eats into the cash flow 

Evictions are very costly and you can't afford many before they eat up all your profit.

People have different philosophies on how to best do this, but here are a few things that are important for this:at least two bedroomspreferably two living spaces (so, a large downstairs den in addition to a family room upstairs)different philosophies on having a TV in every roomsome people I know like this because it limits tenant interaction/limits fightsother people I know reject this because rent by the room, in spirit, is co-living and social and a tv in each room is antithetical to thatProvide very clear policies on cleaning, animals, quiet hoursCharge more for anyone that gets dedicated parkingHope that helps.