If you don't have a bucket full of cash, i'd recommend doing a couple fix and flips at first.

I’m not sure how much personal debts matter since I see a lot of people recommending investing under a LLC.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

I'm not personally associated but know the folks and highly recommend them.

I would also recommend including a sample deal evaluation.I heard about this on a BP Podcast about a year ago, and I used to start a bunch of investor relationships.Investors want to know how you will approach a deal.

And it is usually difficult to recommend areas without context, as you never know what price point and property class someone is targeting.

The recommendation here is to always get prequalified (it's free to do) and that will prevent us from losing money when we make offers.Check out this post I wrote on finding good lenders HERE. 

I checked with one of the lenders recommended in the lender finder but I don't qualify due to the amount of the HELOC not reaching the minimum pull out amount of $50K.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Contractor was slow, so I started my own team Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?