Words are very powerful, I choose to use them to build up not pull down. 

Pull the trigger on some Zillow advertising, Trulia, etc. and see what works best in your market.

Prob won't get to pull much equity out, but maybe enough to cover costs and maybe reimburse yourself some rehab expense.  

It sounds like cashflow but I can't understand what sort of cashflow you're going to be pulling in by bringing on a partner at this stage...you'll be splitting hairs.  

That's not what they offered anyway.I think I can move on relatively unscathed and this becomes a minor setback rather than a deal killer, if I can pull this part of the art off.

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.