@Peter Crabtree Have the tenant cancel the money order and hand deliver a new one.

I went and delivered a courtesy late rent notice, saying that the $100 late fee just applied and every day from here on out $20 will apply.

Thanks for all the replies and insights.I rechecked the laws in SC and proper notice is "is delivered in hand to the tenant or mailed by registered or certified mail to the tenant at the place held out by him as the place for receipt of the communication."

you wont lose the deposit if auction dot com cant deliver clean title. 

I believe that any equity that is just sitting in a property and is not delivering a return on its own is being wasted.

What finish levels do you need to deliver to make your house most marketable?

I was in Portland as soon as it came on.. called my cousin/realtor and mom to go see it.... they gave it a thumbs off and confirmed 4 bedrooms-2 baths.... it was marketed as a 3 bed.. .but with pocket doors.. it makes a clean 4th....so I Still haven't even seen the place... hoping to tomorrow after delivering earnest money. 

-Parking generally not included, so you'd have to park on the street in a non-residential neighborhoodSo - Medfield has probably lower appreciation but might deliver decent cash flow because the homes are fairly low priced, and you could do lower-cost upgrades, like opening up a kitchen wall, taking up old carpets, etc.

This website is amazing at how it is the platform to deliver the encouragement I needed at the right time.

I'm of the former opinion, and grateful to my parents for allowing me to graduate debt free from a great school.So, if we accept that paying off the debt with the HELOC is mathematically likely to deliver a favorable result, the next logical question is why not arbitrage the rate difference even further, and instead of paying the loans with the HELOC, buy rental investments, and use the cash flow to sustain the payments.And the answer is that absolutely this could work.