Its surprising how quickly things move when you do that.  

At first the sellers agent was surprised and then she stopped responding to my agent.

Since a HELOC isn't agency financing, I would be very surprised if it counts towards the limit.On the other hand, a HELOC is great for short-term financing, but I would caution against using it for long-term buy & hold. 

I would only suggest hard money after you have performed several deals and are familiar with all costs and potential rehab surprises that can be encountered.

On the recommendation of a friend, I downloaded the Bigger Pockets podcast and was pleasantly surprised to find that the very first podcast in my list was Ep. 268 - Acquiring 20 Long Distance Rental Homes on a Military Salary with Rich Carey.

Surprisingly I find business and motivational books of little use after the first few

And don't be too surprised if it ends up being a little expensive, as well as with the insurance carrier that insured Beyonce's rear...

I would be surprised if you are able to get rents above $1600 there based on your square footage.

I surprising to me I had a booking for the next day within 2 hours or so!

He was surprised that someone in his business circle couldn't stand him.