Would like to wrap my Michigan property or all of them into a HELOC and possibly pay off the Virginia property with the combined equity using the HELOC strategy.

Yes, I had wealthy clients who were all real estate, or all stocks but the majority of the wealthy I met with had a nice mix of the two.

My guess is if the wholesaler is having problems selling it, others who have looked at the deal are either nervous about the price of the rehab, or finding decent comps, or are worried about the ability to find tenants, or all three.I think it will be really difficult to do a full rehab for 30K. 

Those who pay portions or all of their rent I have been asking for an easy $5 dollars every other day.  

(a lot of my clients have maybe 100k cash saved but make 20k a year and live in Pasadena, ca where a fixer upper costs about $650k) : they really want to get started in real estate and are looking for every way possible to pin-point a place where they can stretch their 100k... so, one of the conversations I have with them is: how can you invest a portion of that 100k in yourself to increase your income. maybe schooling, maybe starting a business, maybe a course on whole-selling- or all of the above on whole selling.... but it is very difficult - not impossible, but difficult to create an empire with 100k saved and making very little income). * the alternative: you learn, you research while investing in yourself, and then getting a better job or business that pays you $50k, $75k or $100k + per year.

Not drowning but the fear of starting without having my car paid off or all my ccs paid off 2.Capital potentially losing my “cushion” and having to worry about how to pay my bills3. credit.

Brush only 80% of your teeth and the rest will get cavities.

For others, here's the link (if it works and is not blocked):https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/JustinS374 There are 3 other resources I created here as well:1) Financial Health Plan (Word template)2) Net Worth and Monthly Cash Flow Tracking (Excel)3) Buy & Hold Analysis (Excel)Feel free to download any or all of them and use however they help.Happy Investing! 

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Right now at our house we have a big wall cavity open around our fridge because we haven’t decided how to do it and have learned to live without it finished. if I were you I would run the numbers on buying a fixer.