Yes I travel to the Detroit area daily.

He said I would be looking at a $15K HELOC as the best option and that, as you guys said, a cash-out refi wasn't a path worth traveling.

I live in Spokane but willing to travel a reasonable distance.

Travel and spend time with family.

I was very fortunate in this that I was able to meet and partner with some friends who where doing this in Europe, and in partnership we successfully operated in Australia for 5 years, before I decided to go take a hiatus and go travelling. 

I usually listen to them while working-out, while driving and while traveling.

You can also call Baltimore about the cats.I would love to take the cats to my farm - but we travel and it would not be fair to them.Tell you friend to be careful because it sounds like the former owner has some problems. 

If you're renovating a place 1200 miles away, and you want to do the renovations yourself, you'll have to factor in the cost of travel/lodging, car rental, etc.. and then on top of that, you'll have to worry about 2 states taxes laws with landlords..

Rolling the money from this sale, in theory, would have paid for almost all of the rehab on the new house.My wife and I both travel for work up to 18 days a month, so this was a learning experience on working a large project from the road.

I’m currently developing my understanding of Real Estate Investing so that I can make a sound choice with my first property purchase.My job doesn’t lend the flexibility to be able to travel back and forth to assess a property for a long period of time but it does provide the capital required to start investing.