just to be candid, unless you're using some kind of creative strategy... you need a really solid amount of cash including reserves. 

You cannot get any meaningful answers until you specify what is your "side gig", how much money it's going to bring and how much expenses it's going to incur, and what kind of expenses.And, as a rule of thumb, unless you clear $50k after all expenses, you probably will not benefit from any entities tax-wise. 

What kind of project are you working on?

And any that ask for any kind of commitment fee up front thats a fake lender.. two big national lenders are Kiavi and Lima one these are direct you can start there and they are very transparent with what kind of experince you need and pricing. this is what market pricing will be..

These properties today can throw cash like crazy, but you'll be dealing with a certain kind of tenant and depending on your tenant screening could be looking at higher costs due to poorer tenants.

They probably won't share said report, but you can ask them all kinds of questions related to the report - how many leases are on it?

I struggled with debt management until I incorporated this pay bi-weekly "law".

In many places you might be required to get some kind of municipal occupancy inspection.

This can be conventional or DSCRB) Conventional cashout refi - will need at least 6 months on title if no mortgage on the property (I think - going off of memory), 12 months seasoning if there is any kind of mortgage/lien/loan with the property; will be based on improved LTVC) DSCR cashout refi after six months of seasoning (most cases), and this will include any improved value of the property in the LTVMost cashout refi's will be limited to 80% LTV.

Its kind of weird.