Contact me if you or any investor friend you know of are interested as there will go fast!!

Although I have friends and relatives in the areas mentioned above I can't lean on them for the day to day management and maintenance of my future properties.How did you acquire your first property manager? 

Hi Jane,I've got a friend looking to sell his warehouse.

@Matthew Shelton You'll have a hard (not impossible) time finding a bank who will do a loan when there's a second lien, so look for investor friendly lenders, and you'll have a hard time finding a HML that will take a second position... but for that, contact @Jahnae Allen - that's what they do. 

Usually you can get 5% with no points and once you have it set up you don't have to redo the paperwork each time you want a loan then when you sell the house you pay back the loan, rinse and repeat.HELOCs are a fix and flippers best friend.

Think "trust, but verify" on everything.You may want to ask my friend @Chris Tracy.

I think you need to find an investor friendly lender.

I am REI newbie trying to gain knowledge and save money in efforts to reach my RE goals house hacking 2 flats.The BP community is very friendly and informative.

Try and think of other friends or family that are interested ininvesting strategies and ask them if they'd be willing to help you with down payments on these houses or duplexes.  

I spent some time drafting my profile so give it a read if you want all of the details. biggerpockets.com/users/bradm5dale.