Building relationships with experienced wholesalers can also open doors to joint ventures and off-market deals, giving you a head start in the industry.

It helps handle all the "back of the envelope" calculations a head of time for all listings within 50 miles of your city.

At this time, you might come out ahead using a hard money lender who does not charge a pre-payment penalty.

Securing the financing ahead of time makes the process go a lot smoother and faster.

Yes thats true that take out or refinancing out financing can be risky thats why you plan it ahead of time or in advance of actual need.

Short-term rentals (STRs) can be lucrative, though there are headwinds ahead in Houston.

Instead of recommendations and professional advice from her I found myself with more questions than answers often times, and her newness and lack of confidence left me feeling like I couldn't trust her.I think you're already 4 steps ahead of her as you're here asking the questions and are engaged on the BP forums which in my opinion, besides having a great broker with seasoned agents to learn from in person, is the MOST important thing.

So if you want a Line of Credit, then go ahead and use one. 

You're way ahead of many college students.

Then, I would go ahead and start to use hard money and DSCR to BRRRR properties.