I pulled 5 vacant houses from the list so far and one vacant I found while driving to one of the one's on my list.  

It is installed and I hope I don't have to pull it out.

Also you can pull a list of most recent sales in the area see who fixed and flipped in the last 6months to see who in your area is currently doing rehabs.

Aside from your title issue, HELOC's generally top out at 80% of value, so you likely couldn't pull much out anyway.  

Most landlords have no ability to raise rents once tenants are in, beyond what the board allows, nor can they ever get rid of them if they choose....outside of pulling their property from the rental market entirely.

The first deal is the hardest to pull the trigger on and I wish I could say it is easy after that.

Hi All,Newbie finally getting ready to pull the trigger, I have 40k cash to start out with BUT NO CREDIT + no income, meaning unable to get any conventional/bank loan.

If he is receiving some services, pull them aside or give them a call and inform them about the situation and let them know he could use help in resolving it, as it is "jeopardizing his housing" (magic words).

I use a combination of Podio, Zapier and Globiflow to pull leads in from my website to my Podio App.  

http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DMD/IHPC/Districts/Historic/Pages/irvington.aspxIf your prospective property is on S Spencer St, you are very close to the western border of Irvington.If you are trying to assess the market value, have you pulled MFR comps for it in the near vicinity?