I highly recommend LIA (Landinvestor.co).

Taxes are very high and everything is super slow and bureaucratic.

I am not familiar with how HELOCs work but they declined me saying my DTI is too high.  

Funny story is my ex wife's mother went to grammar and high school with OJ.

Petersburg area, resulting in highly–profitable investments.If you need professional and courteous property management experts for your multifamily, single family, condominiums or town home, you've found the right company!

@Emily Gowen so as you pointed out you would not have to do a 1031 exchange on your current home to avoid the capital gains tax and coupled with what Dave Foster pointed out I think, speaking from experience you would have a high likelihood of success. 

Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Hi Kathy, at the end of the day the mortgage industry is so vast & wide it's essentially like trying to navigate the Sahara Desert.I highly recommend working with an experienced mortgage broker who knows the ins and outs of the industry to place you into the most competitive product for you.More times than not, people save money working with a small shop broker.Kathy,I wanted to revisit this to offer a a tad bit more and Brandon above is correct.

This is mostly because they can't provide the high level of service that Buyers deserve and for now Sellers are still generally paying. 

Tenants in Brooklyn tend to stay a minimum of 4-5 years in NYC due to high costs of moving.  

DOM can be minimized by a number of different factors including the quality of marketing, rent price, availability to show.