Hopefully this helps clear up the main point of your post!

Any help or advice would be appreciated. 

Happy to help Eli! 

I talked to my lender contact and, as Kerry mentioned above, it's pretty uncommon that a traditional lender would offer a HELOC product on an investment property (non-primary home). 

Hello,I am a Software Engineer and a Real Estate Investor working on a tech product for the real estate mortgage brokers.

Here are a few tips to help you get started:Financing: Since you’ll be starting your internship soon, lenders may look at your projected income or require a co-signer until you have a longer work history.

The purchase to cash flow ratio is much higher than majority of the states in the US but again not the only states.If you need any help or want to talk more REI feel free to reach out I have done a ton of business in both states and can walk you through pretty much anything.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

The Lenders tab at the top of the site helps with finding lenders by product and location.

@Brady Bitter That was helpful.