I've just started the "Long Distance Real Estate Investing" book by David Greene, so hopefully that will answer a lot of questionsThanks for your time and I look forward to chatting with everyone.

That said, if you keep your foot in their *** 24/7 then they will have a different incentive ;) EXPECT WHAT YOU ACCEPT when you don't get an answer back for 7 days, you must make it painful for them.

Sorry I've absolutely combed forums looking for the catch in this method and I can't seem to find these specific answers..BTW, thanks SO much you both are insanely helpful. 

@Brandon Miller there are too many variables at work to answer such a short question.

The vast majority have little or no idea on the tax and other implications of investing and their standard answer is "invest and you will make great returns". 

The second call was a woman who said "I want $390,000" for her property as soon as I answered the phone.

Why are you passionate about (answer to above question)?

The former owner gave me the number of a company who cleaned it in November but they don’t answer any calls (the buyers agent, myself and my assistant all called every hour today) and their voicemail is full.

The basic answer to the HELOC v cash out refinance question is that it depends on when you intend to use the funds.

The latter had very user friendly interfaces, answer guided questions which led to more specific questions.