I would like to have an active earning real estate job so that I can fund buying rental properties.

This was the absolute earliest I could be funded. 

Equity gained from principal paydown is also free, if the source of the funds comes from the rent (tenant). 

Don't stop unless they pay everything they owe with certified funds.

Similar to @Elizabeth Southall I'm looking to tap into my equity on my primary residence here in the Bay Area in hopes to fund my next purchase.

It is easy to find a few success stories but in most cases, investment funds go up in smoke. 

This escrow would be included in your monthly payment to the seller, who then uses the funds to pay taxes and insurance on your behalf.

I have access to funds through my HELOC on my full time residence to make a "cash offer" but as most HELOC's go the rate is not great.

You don't specify, but if you're using $110K in borrowed funds to purchase a property worth $110K, you're asking your private lenders for a 100% loan-to-value (LTV) loan, which is super risky for them and for you.3.

Yes, there is a chance the payment could be rejected for non-sufficient funds on the 19th, but I'm managing 400 rentals and it's pretty rare and the Tenants make good on it 99.9% of the time.