Once we get to that point I wouldn't mind branching out and trying flips, wholesale, etc.  

I would like to branch out into some bigger markets and that is where I have the most questions.

Now I'm ready to step up my investing game by branching out into some real estate.

Don't really have an option to move out of state, or interested in remote / long distance investing.I've been reading up on my local area ( Portland, OR ) and all I see are terrible comments about the situation for LLs hereHow do things look if you branch out from Portland into Clackamas, West Linn, Lake O, Gresham, Beaverton area, or even Vancouver?

I'm pursuing the purchase of my first small apartment building (6-units), and I received a commercial loan commitment from the local branch of a mid-sized regional bank. 

I've been using apartments.com but thinking of branching out to other websites.

For example, the last 4 multifamily homes I was interested in did not even get to the offer stage due to lack of disclosure.  2 were located in West Long Branch - the first property was pulled from the MLS as soon as I asked for rent roll information, the owners of the 2nd one wouldn't disclose anything to my realtor - even though the MLS stated "Great investment property"!  

Our end goal is to flip between 5 and 10 houses at a time and if the inventory is too low in our area to branch out to other areas in our state or others.

In terms of how would you do that - when you go to close on your purchase of the MF unit, you would bring a cashier's check to the closing for whatever the down payment amount is.Is your heloc with a local or national bank that has a branch near where you live?

Maybe you should confirm with the specific branch.