He may have just saved you a shitload of money, by leaving early.

Obviously listen to the podcasts, read the forums & blogs, the online guides, and the BP books are excellent as well.

I am sorry that happened to you but at least you saved myself and many other investors from this mistake.

If you are upgrading the kitchen appliances and are not able to increase rent or make the home more desirable, then it would be best to save the time and energy to focus on the next project. 

I am planning to buy another home (most likely a live on oneside rent the other multi family) next spring once I take care of some unwanted credit card debt and save some money for a down payment.

Does anyone know f a calculator online that could compute this?

That’s a good idea doing some of the work yourself would save on money.

Should I put the 23k on our homes principle for 6 months and then Heloc for first deal or just continue to save and heloc for less in six months?  

Regarding higher costs for tenants, we inform them they can turn down the thermostat(s) in rooms that don't need heating during the day (bedrooms) and those savings can help reduce total heating costs to tenant.If you do not use the furnaces in basement, be sure to run a heater or two down there to make sure pipes don't freeze--winter is only a few months away.

I know enough about its condition to ball park the work needed to bring it back online not as a Project HUD (that ship has sailed) but as 'good' C-Class property.