Everyone always talks about getting a HELOC to fund an investment property, but I read an article that said that it makes more sense for homeowners who want to tap their equity to do a cash-out refinance because of how low rates are.

I found some articles on here from investors who have bought from from Roofstock but couldn't find anything from the other side.. 

Happy Holidays to my fellow DMV investors. Here are some interesting recent stories from the D.C. real estate world and beyond.
DC Council Takes First Vote on Ward RedistrictingApartment rent and occupancy set new re...

So the old homes were sold to canny investor types who quickly converted them into duplexes and filled them with black folks eager to get out off the Hill and white Appalachia hill folk from the surrounding areas looking to move into the Pittsburgh metro area.As the municipalities began to catch on to the fact that any sort of old home undergoing a conversion to multifamily was bad news for the area, they passed ordinances forbidding the conversion of single-family to multifamily.

Donnie Walker was one of many speakers to speak high praise over the growth that’s made the arsenal boom.The FBI reported they have more than a thousand employees already moved to Huntsville, with multiple facilities being built to train thousands daily.The Army Materiel Command says they’re hard at work streamlining the industrial base in a way that would modernize the entire Army.Marshall Space Flight Center, a key player for the SLS launch this coming February, is preparing to help launch the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.WATCH HERE https://whnt.com/news/redstone...

Many friends and residents in the community depend on that STR income to make ends meet (as friend and resident Lisa Presnell stated in the article).

I have a colleague looking to interview agents in various cities who focus on or do multiple rentals a year for an article she's publishing.

Problem is, I can’t find any information on him anywhere. just one website has his name and the article about him is very vague and uninformative. 

I recommend you read this article on OOS investing.

Here is another good article.