But yes, what is the benefit of a HELOC as opposed to just the regular home equity loan for investment purposes?

I use the selling guide on a regular basis to research current or prospective purchases.It might be helpful in clarifying a few points that may contribute to your general misunderstanding.

My husband does appliance/plumbing/boiler/electrical repairs, turns apartments, does inspections, deals with contractors, and troubleshoots on a regular basis.

But I told him it happens in the Hood's of America fairly regularly.

You may need to close with a hard money lender and the refinance with a regular institutional lender.Cody Cox - PresidentNorthwest REIA

They haven't quite decided how their going to deal with new landlords, as they don't have a regularly scheduled class yet.

There's so little inventory regular retail buyers are buying houses that need work, because it's all they can find. 

families who move to a different school district would definitely do all that before the school year starts, and that's summer.There are a lot of people switch job, a lot of those happens in summer too.Recently we helped our client to rent his townhouse out, and we found the tenant who's moving in town.When everyone is trying to move at the same, the demands go up and the supply is technically fixed, you can technically demand more rent, but then again, it also depends on other factors too.

Being new to forums and being that there is so many I was looking for information and ideas about flipping in a smaller community, where I live there is only 9000 people so there really isn't a whole lot of supply out there.  

We deal in metro Atlanta on a regular basis and there are great deals to be had as there has shown to be a growth of people moving inside the perimeter.