my first thought was to suggest looking for a 3 or 4 unit place which pay all or at least some of your rent and still be able to make the debt payment. 

@Chandler Scottyou dont need to buy local using Roofstock. i suggest going to a local real estate investors meetup and getting educated on the local area first. hope some local connections will  lead you to a successful real estate investments.

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.

Where can I go for the best leads?

Here is the guide I used.Here you go 👍 http://reileadz.com/marketing-strategies/beginners-guide-to-generating-seller-leads-with-craigslist/

With that being said, a HELOC is a line of credit which means that it's not debt or a loan until you use it and create debt.

I am new to the real estate society I've really been trying to find the right people to network with and I'm willing to pay to learn as much as I can.I have been trying to find leads through code violations but no results are there any more strategies that I need to know of?

So potentially even if you close something a big chunk could go to the brokerage and then your team and you get the crumbs left over.The fundamental question becomes do you get steady business for high quality leads that you could not generate on your own?

The debt service on our rental is $1750 and we are getting $2850 a month rent. 

You can look into working with distressed homeowners, scouring the MLS, marketing, and networking to ideally find leads.