Are you looking to find a home to buy for yourself to live in? 

We ran out of time which caused us to buy a couple properties we probably shouldn't have at the bottom of our exchange list.The better ones were sold before we could buy them. 

I would suggest you do both of what you suggest - meaning get either a new mortgage (more conservative route) or HELOC on the townhome and use those funds to buy your next investment property.

Many people don't buy because they are concerned about this and that.

For lending, your rates are going to be higher than if you were to buy under personal name.

Little background behind the door: It's a MDF cheap one you buy at HD or Lowes. 

Originally posted by @Andrew Lastivka:Hello, I am a new STR investor and looking for an agent in Central, Ohio and Fort Lauderdale, FL, and surrounding Phoenix, AZ area who specializes in STR's that can assist in buying properties and/or rental arbitrage.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Oceanville.

For context, I'm based in the SF Bay Area in CA and looking into buying my first OOS rental after house hacking locally for 10 years.

local REIA groups are filled with investors looking to buy properties.