Would using a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) be a good move?

Hi, I am planning to move to Tampa and I would appreciate some advices whether should I rent or sell my primary residency before leaving? 

This approach allowed us to move quickly and efficiently, ensuring the transaction stayed on track.

Further, we understand that many real estate investors view the use of leverage as key to the benefits of real estate investment, and that we wouldn’t receive any of that benefit through this transaction.What do people think?

When a tenant moves out, transfer the deposit back to Checking so it's ready to apply towards expenses or refund the Tenant.If you end up with excess funds in the Checking account, I recommend you transfer it to a third account designated explicitly for future investments.

We moved to the Mt Juliet area in 2021 and rented out one of our rooms to travel nurses.

What I can tell you is that I specifically got these locks because they appeared to have the most third-party app integrations, so I wouldn't be limiting my PMS options if I did move that direction in the future.For now though, I manually update the lock codes for each guest ahead of their arrival, which takes about 90 seconds in total - super quick and easy.  

What are the key features that I should look out for when getting property management software?

My fiancé and I are open to investing out of state and are actually in a trip in Texas to check out real estate see how we like the idea of staring a family here.Our Starting Point (Conservatively)- Located in Camarillo, CA- 120k portfolio in the stock market subject to short term capital gains with a potential tax bill of 15-20k- Current W2 monthly income after taxes: $7k- Side hustle 1 income: $200 month     ($200 in profit)- Side hustle 2 income: $1400 revenue     ($0 profit) - debt at 29k- Current debt: $47k     (Auto: $29k Student Debt: $18k)*the auto loan doesn’t show on our credit for some reasonHow would move forward in our situation?

I would use an FHA loan with 3.5% down and I would move refinance and move out (to rent the entire house) when I am ready to look for another investment property.