Engaging with residential buyers first is a wise approach before exploring investor options.

Banks and credit unions can also offer flexibility for investors that engage in strong relationship-building strategies, offering discounts and solid loans in exchange for borrowers willing to use the institution for other purposes (savings accounts, etc.).

In dealing the new Real Estate Commission Law now in play.....Is anyone else getting Engagement Contracts sent to them stipulating exclusivity and buyer-responsible commission terms?...

The true test of a company is how they interact & stay engaged to resolve those issues, which we always try to do to the best of our ability! 

Sometimes a pestering police presence can be a deterrent.If the suspicious individuals are engaged in criminal activity, calling the police while it's happening helps too.

That said, if you can gain some basic knowledge and take away a few good nuggets from a course as a newbie, then it could be a good starting point (of course the best starting point is doing what you are doing here, engaging the BP community).

Title documents and review - Engage with competent attorney and get started on title document review which has a time limit.

Most HELOC"s ive found calculate interest on the average daily balance where the balance used to calculate interest was averaged over /30 or /31 days then multipled by rate/12 so this is not a true daily calculation.The other issue I've come up with is that we need a quick way to get the fudns to pay down the line and ACH transfers take 3-5 days sometimes so having an autosweep account that engages auto sweep daily really helps plus we dont have to do the manual transfer (micro manage your line pay downs).

You have to engage a 1031 intermediary like Dave before you sell the property.

The forums are a great place to learn how to or how not to do something, ask questions and engage, it helps you and others learn.