Doing this gets skews the numbers back towards the green and my thinking is those type of properties will have only minor issues the first 5-10 years.4) Many people advise to do the drive for dollars strategy, and this may be a dumb question but in a hot market doesn't that just wake up a sleeping bear?

Find a lady that will clean your houses for free, and sleep with you.

You can sell/REFI the home, pay off the debt, breath easy and sleep at night.Vehicle (usually around 2-4%) and IRS debt (around 6%) are typically low interest debt.

Less muss, less fuss, sleep better, move forward.

so getting a loan against shouldn't be too hard. but I would be scared of not being able to make payments towards a loan if my circumstances would change with the parking situation  I'm looking for some guidance and peace at night when I sleep. if I sell I would be looking at over 2M to work with.

The property consisted of 1 large cabin that can sleep 4-6, 3 small cabins that can sleep 2-4, a common lodge area for the guest and a house that the owners stayed in that could sleep 6-8, all tucked away in a private cove right off the main channel of the bay.

I always tell my clients, bid what you have to bid, where you won't lose sleep at night if you don't get it..    

I was sleeping on plywood and a mattress on the floor, waking up with dust boogers and spiders.

What if you are sleeping with your nightmares?

Everything you do is an investment, from the time you wake up until the time you go to sleep.