The home is $203k my thoughts are that I should pocket the approximately $7k and save it for another house down the road.

@Cody L.I agree with the sentiment personally but I have made some serious funds(to me anyway) with clients where this functionality was needed because of some stodgy entity involved (bank, govt office etc) whose policy would only allow them to receive or send information in person, by snail mail, or by fax.  

We'd like to rent both houses if we moved. 

The new owner had it checked out and it ended up being the septic line from the tank to the house was never done 🙄. 

It was 20% back when we got into flipping and moved houses for investors 10+ years ago, now it’s 10%.I do not flip anymore, I prefer to flip and hold.

My purchasing power can afford me a house down there and I also work in South Jersey (Cherry Hill) and live in central jersey.

I spoke to my banker today and he indicated that they won't do a HELOC out of a home that is a rental - only from my personal residence. 

But it's hard because if you get to personal, stylish, "on trend" you can alienate a group of buyers.  

I previously owned rental apartments and houses in downtown and have done fix-n-flips there as well.

I wanted to know if it would be wise to buy a reasonably priced home and do house hacking.