Usually HELOCs are for short term purposes so it would make sense if you can generate enough STR income to pay off relatively quickly

She has an investor-friendly brokerage in Denver that works with a lot of short-term rental investors.

Those terms would make more sense on fix and flip or BRRRR.

The Earnest Money shall be refundable under the terms to be specified in the PSA.Due Diligence PeriodThe Buyer shall be afforded a due diligence period of [Number] days commencing upon the full execution of the PSA (the "Due Diligence Period").

@Emma Hustiswell, they're separate - you'd negotiate the price and terms with the seller, and now that's your mortgage payment (principal and interest, or P&I)then, you plug that mortgage payment in, as an expenseso, use a mortgage calculator first to generate the monthly payment, based on the seller financing termshope this helps

Cash flow is what allows you to not only have short term profit off your investment, but also provides the funds to do repairs, maintenance, etc on your property.  

I keep wondering about insurance, vacancy rates, if tenant selection is a bigger/ different factor, terms of the tenancy and differences in opex and capex?

Can the lender "blast" you for following the terms of your agreement?

@Monica Staple I have always found that the term GC gets thrown around a lot without a ton of context.

And real estate does go up in value over the LONG term, but can drop over the short term, and that isn't good if you're forced to sellGino