Have done some more local projects like the new Yafo, Snooze, Pilot Brewery over on Central.

Depending on your credit score and relationship with the lender, you can avoid closing costs on the HELOC.

SFR.I would then check out some of the crime maps on realtor or trulia to see where to avoid if there are war zones.

Anyone in Central Illinois looking to connect?

If the goal is a retirement type home or vacation home for older people, avoid steps and keep it more of a ranch style.If older people frequent the area you may do better making it an accessible home. 

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Also, if you have some names of ones to avoid, please post them here. 

So here's what's going on from the tenant's POV: he's been paying a premium to rent a unit with central A/C all winter long (Did you also raise the rent last year in a way that could be construed to be related to the service calls?).

I'm having bad/no luck finding investor friendly attorneys in CENTRAL NJ.

I wouldn't include it (or any utility if I can avoid it).