Here's two episodes I might start with on your STR/MTR decision journeyBuying in Overlooked Short-Term Rental Markets https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-948The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Medium-Term Rental Empire https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-780If you like those two episodes, please feel free to reach out to me for more, there's a good amount of STR/MTR BiggerPockets podcasts and content.

LLC's are welcomed, no DTIs, and less paperwork...happy to connect.Also check out this BP article that explains how DSCRs play into BRRRRs: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/brrrr-loans-what-are-the-...

I'll include a BP article below that highlihgts the gist of them in alignment with BRRRRs.Also, I lived in NC for a bit, so happy to connect and introduce you to some folks in the area. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/brrrr-loans-what-are-the-...

My husband, John and I are real estate investment rookies, and are also looking forward to the connections, the advice, the blogs and podcasts to bolster our knowledge base.

If they aren’t dominating the search results with the real estate website and blogs, there are even more competitors per page of search results.

Building your core-4 will also be fundamental to investing out-of-state, I'd recommend reading this article by David Greene: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-tea...The Midwest markets present some good opportunities for investors with cheaper price points, lower taxes and a lot of them being landlord-friendly as well.

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

You can do a subject to (although I've never heard of doing this with a HELOC) and there are a few risks to them and since the loan stays in place and the seller's name thereby stays on the mortgage despite selling the property, it will take some effort to gain a seller's confidence to do such a thing.You can read more about them here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2016-07-03-subject-to-rea...

Johnhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/why-reits-are-safer-than-...

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.