The problem with HELOC is its variable and raise quickly in an inflationary period as we may be going into.

So without property management I make $1850 a month cash flow for 7 hours of time but my flip will go on the market in 2 weeks and profit $80,000 for a holding period of 1 year after all costs.

Or would it be more efficient to have a house and get multiple bids from contractors so that there is actual substance when analyzing who to work with?

Do I need to hold Unit B for a certain period of time before doing a 1031 exchange?

In fact... even if you explain your value prop efficiently, they may still hang up.

Don't ever offer more then the numbers allow.Search the average days on market in your area and after that period has passed contact him to see if he would reconsider your offer.

In NC, that would be equivalent to something like a Due Diligence period, or an Escrow period in other states (I believe).

Sam is extremely fast/efficient at every part of the transaction.

Investors with the ability and confidence to walk into a property and accurately estimate rehab costs have a huge advantage in this market, but it looks like inspections periods are becoming deal killers – at least in hot markets.Are inspection periods killing deals in your area?

Used to happen all the time during due diligence period of company mergers.