I'm starting a home equity crowdfunding startup of sorts.

That being said, my first inclination would be tying to do some sort of 1031 exchange if your goal is to continue to build your portfolio.

Hoping to receive some sort of stimulus that is not a loan.Thanks in advance.Hasaan 

Just be prepared to sell your pitch.If you have other properties, your local CU can grant you a secured loan using them as collateral. i also just found out the other day if you have a stock investment or passive investment income flow- The bank may be able to take that as some sort of collateral ( I can't remember what the exact term for that is).

It feels sort of like West Virginia; the roads are really twisty and the mountains tower above you as you go along. 

It is prudent to wait for a month or two or three and see how things sort themselves out. 

That might be the best place to ask this sort of a question. 

Is anyone doing this sort of thing for our market?

So I've built an official platform that takes all the lead emails (Zillow, Apartments.com, Realtor.com, etc), captures the email / name / and property address and sorts them into my online manager. 

It's a trope, but real estate is a relationship business that compounds on itself as you generate more and more happy customers.So keep your job and save up for that 6 months' savings that @Gregory Schwartz called out - that's a pretty standard figure for about how long it takes to see any sort of money coming in.