When looking for this I suggest you do not use the term HELOC but simply say a credit line secured by investment property. 

., cleaning, concierge, hotel-like operations), orRunning a business like flipping or wholesalingREPS simply allows rental losses to be treated as non-passive, so they can offset other income like W-2 or business profits.

Would the demand in the area support simply owning some lower quality but comfortable and well run apartments that already exist, where you don't have to do any fix up and can still make a profit at the lower rent?

If she left the utilities on and her possessions were still present inside, you'd have a hard time making the case to a judge that she absconded.One "short cut" you could try is reaching out to her and explaining your situation with her still in legal possession of the unit and not paying rent to ask her to send you a "return of possession" notice (search it up online) to stop the accruing charges to her. 

There's no depreciation recapture if it’s exchanged properly into another like-kind real estate asset.Personal Property (5-year) & Land Improvements (15-year): These do not qualify for 1031 deferral since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 limited 1031 exchanges to real property only.

👀When I was at cabin a couple weeks back we saw bears almost every day cutting through the yard.

If you want to cut costs, and get maybe a small growth in value of the home, then I would say go for it.

The unethical ones, working with uninformed owners, simply pocket the excess profit. 

At least you got communication of lack of funding, no one will return emails and you can barely leave a voicemail before the machine cuts off. 

Look at where your money is going and if you can cut your spending...or increase your income.