I am just starting my investment journey, so have only used Real Estate Agents to assist with buying and selling my primary residence. 

Make sure you have filed for Homestead exemption at the very least (this can only be done if you the home is your primary residence, not an investment home).

If you have not flipped a home, do not have a rental property, and do not own a primary residence, you may have a hard time getting into lending.

Starting out, I would try to take equity from your primary/another property using a HELOC, borrower against a 401k/retirement account, or partner with someone that has cash. 

It's going to be more about your confidence in the market that you can afford than anything else, so the primary thing is to look up a few areas you might be able to afford and then look for someone local that can hop on a call to give you an idea about what investing there is like. 

Like maybe I could pull enough out from heloc on primary residence to pay off debt and then rent out my primary and use the extra cash to payoff heloc and then do another heloc once the original one is paid off.

HI, Is opening a LOC on my primary a good option to fund flips or is there a better solution to get the funding?

As someone who is just starting out, I am eager to learn and grow in this field.Experience Level: New to investingGoals: My primary goal is to become a full-time rental property investor.

On that scale we have a range of properties in our portfolio, even though I have started to trade out properties from the lower end back in 2014/2015, and some cashflow a little better - however, when you look at the total financial picture there is a lot more than cash flow: obviously appreciation, but also principal pay down, turn over rate and soft factors like tenant quality and with that turnover cost.RE's primary superpower is equity, cash flow is secondary.

What are your primary financial goals (e.g., early retirement, maximizing cash flow, minimizing debt)?