However, it is possible to obtain a large percentage of bookings via direct booking site.  

Looking for some advice on obtaining a HELOC for an investment property that doesn’t have high fees and doesn’t require me to take all of the funds outright. 

It barely justifies obtaining the work, managing the tasks, billing the customers (he does terrible billing for the work which also does not help with paying the handymen - he has a customer he has been working for since August that he has not yet billed (this is not fair for anyone)), and scheduling the handymen.   

@Aasim T Bickiya I would start by checking county records to make sure its listed correctly. 

what is the best method of obtaining wholesale leads?

Besides him, I like William Nickerson and John T.

Instead of obtaining warrants based on probable cause that a code violation had occurred, officials obtained “administrative” warrants that essentially permitted them to search any rental property wall to wall.

Need to cross all my T's and dot my I's.

And I feel the ideal portfolio can benefit from the diversification of both.I feel one of the main advantages of passive investments (via syndication/crowdfunding) is that I can hire a manager who has years more experience than I can ever hope to obtain myself.

Your goal is to obtain a "loan", How?