heloc or traditional mortgage loan for first investment RE?

[Ervin Gualberto]

Hi Everyone,

I've recently started getting into learning more about Real Estate investing.  Been lurking around BP for a while and recently decided to become a member and start to learn more.

I've started to look at investments in duplexes in the SF Bay Area and wanted to get peoples thoughts on whether funding a first time investment into a duplex is better suited to a HELOC or a conventional mortgage? I'm looking at at approximately a 500K to 900K properties.