Let us know how the rest of the story plays out. 

I am interesting in increasing my buying power with a HELOC or Line of credit on my property. 

Most of the time they aren't looking for an excuse to have you NOT pay them.If you lent Jack $20 to buy college supplies, and he's been making his payments to you on time, but you later learn he purchased beer with that money, how would you play that hand?

And ironically, there's a very strong argument for the macro playing a much bigger roll in price appreciation or depreciation.  

As well, the type of property and project may come into play (i.e., residential vs. commercial property; improvement vs. new construction).  

I think it would work better as an active forced appreciation play shorter term than a passive cash flow play longer term.

The reason why i am pursuing this career is because my father passed up his own property management company to make sure he never missed any sports games us kids were playing.

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I have seen that play over and over in these D class areas of the country... its a specialty and a skill to own and manage them and get them to actually produce income.. with 14 doors in one spot in a D class area you will probably have one eviction going at ALL times .. so think it through there is a reason these properties end up like this.. and many times its not the owner its the demographic and tenant base that is basically unmanageable.If the above is something you can do.. then it seems like a pretty decent deal. what I did in the 80's when RE was dog tough.. 18% interest rates..

This is also a great time to enact things for tax savings during that year rather than playing the "If Only" game in the spring.If your tax preparer doesn't offer tax planning sessions in the fall, find one that does.