If youre closer to retirement and looking for a safe play then heck yea stick with a low cap rate that makes money but guarantees the payout.

Both attics are pretty "clean", except there is evidence of a squirrel (crap) in my tenants attic, BUT no smell of anything dead, AND no swarms of flies in the attics.

How does the security of the solution play into running an incorporated enterprise and does that even matter when trademarking?

The inspector missed that there was a window pane that was entirely unsealed and that none of the smoke detectors had dates written on them and that 4 of the 7 (long story as to why there's 7--the fire code changed) were dead. 

Something interesting about myself is that I picked up the banjo a couple of years ago and play daily. 

This makes daytime investing hard on the sleep schedule but I cant expect someone else to hustle to fulfill my dreams.Currently playing: Grant Cardone's 10X Rule and it changes my mindset completely!

Maybe play dumb a little "I don't know if I'm in the right place..."

Lots of factors at play here... how many units are you looking to buy?

Finally, remember that some of even the best investors have gotten stuck in dead-end deals early in their career (and went under from there) so do not get too discouraged if things are rough at first.

I am not sure what happens to that HELOC but that is not a game I would be playing.