Target areas with companies aggressively hiring college graduates, your rental pool will improve.

As for the HELOC, the more I research the more it matches your comment regarding using it for home improvements / flips so I may sit on that for a little bit until I educate myself further on those topics.As for raising capital, I have read the private lenders are a popular way and hard money loans which I do not fully understand yet.

They believe formal education is a waste of time but watching YouTube infomercials put together by a real estate marketing company out of Salt Lake City will make them rich8.

I heard experts from YouTube say +-200 sq ft is how you find a comp for a subject property.

Successfully turned 80% of rent roll from $650 rents to $1150 and drastically improved the NOI.

Among other things, these provisions prohibit the DST from doing things like making substantial capital improvements, refinancing, raising additional capital, and other things that are typical in real estate operations.This limits what DSTs can invest in and dictates how they must be structured. 

Even if you purchased the investment property first, at least you would have the cash flow & equity of your investment property (wouldn't recommend purchasing at market value in this market) to improve your financial profile and increase your chances of being qualified for a primary residence loan, instead of the other way around.

And you should take a minute and watch Grant Cardone's youtube video, "The Worst Investment You'll Ever Make."

Additionally, strong credit, a solid track record in similar projects, and a well-detailed plan for the rehab can also improve your chances of securing favorable financing terms.

There are a few things that can improve, but overall the financial side seems fine.Buildium is okay, but they are limited to what banks you can sync with.I love Yardi Voyager 7s, but the down side of it is the lack of bank feed, it is nonexistent.