For funding, explore options like FHA loans, personal savings, or creative financing, and focus on New Jersey markets that align with your goals, such as Newark for rentals or commuter towns for house hacking.

Personally, if I were to sell the stock, I would buy more property, not pay off the existing one. 

If there is a due on sale clause in the loan doc then it doesn’t matter what the loan officer told you verbally.I’m not an attorney, but from my understanding of the loan is still in your name personally a good litigator can pierce the veil and your LLC protection wouldn’t amount to much.

I've personally utilized private notes on three transactions and participated in another handful of negotiations with sellers on behalf of buyers in the past five years. 

Your first step is definitely learning about the markets you are interested in and figuring our what your desired end state / goal is that you are hoping to achieve through real estate.

They not only went to our office, but also the personal residences of myself and Kevin Bupp.

Some operator takes some pity on me and says I can do some of this expedited and in person but only at Lake Zurich, Mount Prospect or Springfield walk in. 

With a loan, a person takes on a Debt Obligation. 

For mobile homes, it often depends on whether the property is considered real estate (attached to land) or personal property (if it’s not).

The interest rate on a HELOC or Heloan may be better than the personal loan.