As it relates to lease end dates I've seen two things work here. 1) You can stagger end dates as mentioned above or 2) you can optimize for summer - this works better for us in areas where you see students or families with school age children moving to align with the summmer months.Separately, this is a great argument against month-to-month leases.  

Anything that was not paid back after the first 6 months accumulated 1% per month ($500) to the balance owed.

I would strongly consider building equity to make a stronger down payment and further decrease your monthly cost. 

As it stands at $1,515 month

I pay down the HELOC each month and would end up paying about $2,200 in interest over 13 months + the $50k principal.

Quote from @Jadan Williams: Hello bigger pockets experts, I currently live in california but will list my house for sale within the next couple months i want to use between 100-200k for an investment but not sure how to go about it.

We are committed to aggressive growth and are planning on acquiring several properties per month.

We are committed to aggressive growth and are planning on acquiring several properties per month.

.: @Bryan Christopher just wondering, since it's been 3 months, if you bought him the fridge or sent him @Mike Dymski's ice cubes? 

On a DSCR loan you could do 80% LTV, however the property needs 12 months STR history or you need to show you own at least 1 STR in the past 12 months.