The HELOC product is a really powerful tool and I'm super psyched on it in the right scenarios, but for my personal circumstance right now I think it would make more sense to lock a fixed rate and get off variable.

The USA tax system is setup so The more you make, the more taxes you pay unless you use the tools available to you.

Equities are controlled and it's sad because there are no good easy investment tools to safeguard retirements.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

So perhaps a forbearance is the correct tool here, or maybe an extension agreement. 

That's something that hadn't been popular since the Great Recession.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.If you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Going onto realtor.com, zillow.com, etc and looking at houses is easy, but I am working on becoming familiar with the tools that BP has on here to see if a specific property is actually worth it, and using the calculators to understand what is actually affordable / doable.

Leverage is a powerful tool if you use it correctly.

Virtual showings are much more popular these days.