Existing relationship with a realtor (good friend) ) who helped a brother out.

It is much easier do the research and build that relationship now then when you need to fire your manager and find another. 4.

@Troy Ramey made some excellent points, I would also add that you should look into the 3% down payment conventional loan options, as they are typically much better loans for people with decent credit than FHA loans are.

@Rashad Luckett Excellent!

Those are not the only markets we are open to however making the shift from smaller multifamily to larger commercial properties has been challenging.Does anyone have advice on locating and building relationships commercial brokers in new markets?

I'm going to focus on wholesaling/ bird dogging to start so that I can learn and build relationships. 

Once you build a relationship with them through multiple loans they'll increase the percentage up to the full amount.  

BP also has free guides on the site and the various BP books are excellent too.

Lifestyle's unlimited is a REI group based in Houston and they provide an excellent means to navigate the SFR buy and hold through 600+ unit apartment complexes. 

I am having troubles on figuring out how to effectively execute a HELOC strategy for house repairs and for future investing.heres My thoughtsCurrent situation: have an excellent rate on a mortgage at 3.625%.