Better pricing if they also insured your personal home.

But back to my first point, if you can use the "tax benefits" at all, if so how much, and how they effect taxes owed at the back end of the deal are all unique to each person's situation.As for refinances, some syndicators model refi's and other's don't.  

You can use online resources, such as hospital directories or real estate websites, to gather information about the location of hospitals and the surrounding area.Analyze the demand: Look into the demand for rental properties in those areas.

My personal approach to this, I don't seek for a positive cash flow if I have bare minimum equity in the property.

I've done this with my properties because I'm well known in my small town and don't want people to know what I own.LEGAL PROTECTION: By placing your assets in an LLC, you are legally separating them from your personal assets.

While I am fine renting while I search for the right investment, my dream would be to build (for my own personal home).

HELOC's are used for personal expenses or home improvements.

Regardless, I'm excited to learn and grow, both, my portfolio, and more importantly, personally.

Online research is a way to eliminate properties, not add them to the short list. 

Personally I work with one contractor on all my projects and he goes with me on my first walk through.