To tackle these challenges, I leaned on my background in Software Engineering and developed a tool designed to make the bird-dogging phase a bit smoother.

Several layers to what you are asking so I'll try to tackle some of these one at a time if you don't mind.HELOC when I already have a HELOC - this is somewhat difficult for lenders to do. 

Hey there fellow Toledoians, if you are like me (a ~15 yr contributor to Bigger Pockets), you may have been inundated with spam from a few chatter boxes who like to post on BP as a drip campaign to drive business. 

I feel like the harder any company markets themselves the crappier their product or service is, especially annoying methods like spamming inboxes and vm boxes.

My wife and I are both working professionals with two young children, so trying to tackle something that makes sense for us from a time commitment perspective is a big consideration.

I got some useful info here, the reason I want to look at this option is to tackle larger deals without 20% down.

Secure W2 employment, tackle side gigs, save religiously, build your credit, and house hack your first deal utilizing an owner-occupied investment loan.

I have tried some Facebook groups down there and they are ALL (so far) nothing but spam and scams, or people advertising to clean cars, etc. 

I also get a good number of spam phone calls.

If I get a voicemail and it's spam, I delete it.