I certainly did not, and neither did the mortgage lender who  pre-qualified me.After closing on the HELOC  this week, I was reading through the docs last night and stumbled upon the Occupancy clause :"Borrower shall occupy, establish, and use the Property as Borrower's principal residence within 60 days after the execution of this Security Instrument and shall continue to occupy the Property as Borrower's principal residence for at least one year after the date of occupancy, unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or unless extenuating circumstances exist which are beyond Borrower's control"So I'm not sure what to do.  

Identifying your investment philosophy and defining your investment criteria is very important right from the beginning because if you don't you will stumble and fall along the way to figuring it out, and that can become very costly!

I stumbled upon real estate investing, and now I am looking to start.

I just stumbled on this post and thought I'd interject, as many in the investment community will offer advice that doesn't necessarily pertain to the Atlanta market.

I would strongly recommend the podcasts if you haven't stumbled across those yet.

I've been saving hard for a down payment and now I think I might've stumbled across a deal and wanted to hear BP's opinion! 

You have stumbled upon a great source of knowledge for real estate investing.

I want to plan to acquire properties at a steady but quick rate but I am a bit lost on how the financing aspect works.I am so glad that we were able to stumble upon the podcasts and these forums.  

I randomly stumbled upon Bigger pockets and happy i did.  

Stumbled upon the BP site a couple years back but first time making use of the plethora of tools available.I'm looking to get into flipping houses and then couple with a few rental properties.