I wanted her to be my partner in the business but it just wasn't her thing.This frustrated me at first, but I had a friend that told me to be grateful that my wife trusted me enough to quit my job, and make important business decisions without her involvement.

The bank said the HELOC amount being offered put me at the top of my DTI even though the appraisal would have given more.That statement concerned me because we want to purchase another personal home in about a year and because of that statement, I withdrew my HELOC application.How do I go about investing in properties and keep my DTI down where it has minimal affect on a personal purchase in the future?

Contact me at any time.  

If there is some meat on the bone for the deal, maybe bring a partner in to see if they can help finish it (getting to be warmer over there so you do not have to deal with delays on weather).

Still a lot of meat on the bone at the price point - but it's a little more than I can chew with some other projects going on. 

But if you bought the house for $50k and then your HELOC lender appraises it for $100k, then there is much more meat on the bone for you to leverage.

I had a flip going on at the same time so there was no repeating for me at that time.

I purchased this sight unseen (by me at least) through the seller's agent. 

My landlord emailed me at around 11 and said she had received payment and posted it to my account!

... that booking will put me at ZERO vacancy for 2017