HI Stephen,You can always open HELOC or line of credit from your primary house or non primary house, assuming you have sufficient equity and income to qualify.

You are off to a great start because you know you don't want to LEAVE your job to do real estate, you want real estate to be a sufficient side car to the job you are already crushing out of the gate.

We were both pretty lucky and made some smart choices with what we had.

Dedicate sufficient working capital to your business 6.

Download the landlord/tenant handbook and read it all. https://dca.georgia.gov/housing-choice-voucher/landlords/geo...

This will give you an idea of where you can be priced at with factual data rather than guessing a 3%. 3% could be sufficient but the data will help you be confident in your decision. 

I use Hospitable and that was my choice in the end as well after trying all 3. 

@Michelle SharkoAnswering questions in step by step fashion:- Is it a good thing to do or not is a personal finance decision and it depends on the person asking it, their risk tolerance which in part has to do with how this HELOC or line of credit works and how your personality fares relative to taking on new debt (a person more adverse to debt might have sufficient savings and temperament to pay down/back the debt versus a financially liberal person might get in over their skii's as).

For BP readers in NC (or other trustee states), get to know the trustees that operate in your county of choice, then periodically look for upcoming sales.

., as Bad habits in one area typically carry over to other areas, and will land you a poor Tenant (or co-signer) choice.