I actually live on the border of Chicago and Hammond, so contact me if you ever want a local investor to chat with.

Paid $50, house already had new roof, new electrical service, and had been de-trashed. 

(A, B, C, D, E, F, etc).9.

This was an abandoned and "de-commissioned" tank, town permit obtained.

I am in De Soto.

However there is still some really good neighborhoods and people on the east side, which borders Detroit.

Just tried, gave them a ring, no regions bank in Delaware so they will not allow me to apply for a heloc.  

It you have a heaping stack of equity delivering de minimis yields you should probably deploy some of it elsewhere.

I joined the basic level, used my previous knowledge and experiences, combined with theirs and others and have had nothing but success almost 2 yrs laterDo your research, project worst case, expect worst case, communicate, establish expectations, goals, exits plans A,B,C,D,E and F.

Worth checking out the major Canadian banks "cross border banking" or similar products.From what I have seen, RBC, TD, and BMO all offer these programs.