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I suggest listening to this podcast - Bigger Pockets Rookie Podcast 137: Turning $3,000 into 10 Doors (As a Former Parolee):https://www.biggerpockets.com/...It sounds relevant to your situation.

@Vincent S.Certifications do not matter much.Here is an older BP post with some questions to test the basic technical competence of real estate accountants:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Post gives lots of detail into requirements and zoning restrictions. https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

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The cash is yours to spend as you need to once the ink is dry on the loan papers.Here's a blog post with a video about how a HELOC works: https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

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