But I think savvy investors will be able to navigate those laws to take advantage of artificially suppressed competition to do well. 

These things happen, just make sure you document as well as possible.

Once you complete and rent/stabilize, you should easily be able to get into a DSCR loan.

Normally this would be taxable. 

In return for excellent service I'll be offering repeat business and I'll happily provide referrals to my existing investor network for those top performers. 

Probably will be Toni but you are in good hands with both.

Also, you can get a HELOC on your primary residence and use the proceeds to purchase investment properties as well.

In my view, this trend is likely to persist and could be a strong demographic tailwind for a long-term investor like yourself.Specifically, Athens, AL—a city about 30 miles west of downtown Huntsville—was the #1 fastest-growing city in the state in 2023, so there’s a lot of growth, development, and opportunity in and around Huntsville proper.If you have the time, do some driving around.

To Sum it up, its a good idea if you can exceed the cost of capital (higher rate than your cost of debt) with what you earn on your heloc/debt you pull out and invest.The question is how much gains above is enough to substantiate the risk of your variable interest rate, well thats up to your personal investing criteria.

It could very well be its all lost but seems like a big jump to conclusions by investors that basically did very high interest rate investing and expected  CD like performance..