The loan does need to be secured by the property being improved if we are talking about a personal residence and personal itemized deductions on Schedule A.

If you qualify, you could close on the loan in days.Home 2 could be an option for a fix-and-flip as well, but you would have to have another residence because these types of loans do not allow owner occupancy.

We approach each eviction the same way and have our playbook every time a resident gets behind on rent. 

I am curious as to if anyone is aware of any first time home buyers programs for buying the first Primary Residence.

There are a bunch of ways to do this depending on the property type, usage, and you (income and credit scores).If this is a primary residence, you can get up to 90% of the value of your home minus any exisitng debt. 

If you feel ambitious, you could try a BRRR strategy adding additional equity to the subject home and then taking equity out of it to pay off either the HELOC or if you decided to the refinance the primary residence. 

This revitalization lifts the spirit of community residents and it raises property values including your own.

She used permanent marker and craft supplies as decor. 

I am going to be moving in the spring and will begin renting out my current place of residence at that time.

Buy, even if you don't plan on staying in that 1st house in Cleveland permanently you can just use an FHA loan live there for a year and turn it into a rental afterwards.