I suppose it would depend if your title company would be comfortable with those changes during closing.

I am a realtor and she is very good at interior design so we make a great team.

Also, dont under estimate the value of picking out the design elements of the house.

I Received my NARPM Designation of Residential Management Professional in October of 2015, and I am the Education chair for both the Virginia Peninsula NARPM Chapter as well as the Virginia State NARPM Chapter.  

Regardless of what I had I felt more comfortable in construction sine I had been there.  

Regardless of what I had I felt more comfortable in construction.  

Also interested in wholesaling, but again, want to build my market expertise a bit more before being comfortable in that area.

At the end of the day when you are buying rentals, it's not very often you look at the house and area and say "I would love to live here" so I look for places, "I would live" and that I feel comfortable walking around and would feel comfortable living.

A properly designed and funded policy has cash value from day one.

If I dont use a HELOC , Id use some from my savings account and then Id need to also sell some stocks, to get the necessary amount of cash for the down payment and leave me with enough in savings to feel comfortable.