@David Kiszka, I recommend looking for a property management company to work for.If you work as a broker who runs an office doing residential real estate sales, they might let you do tenant placement or even some amount of property management, but you likely won't get the support or mentoring you need to learn to be a property management professional.

I am toying with the idea of trying to get into a real estate office as a realtor in order to increase my knowledge of how things work so I can pursue my goal of having 40 units.  

Went to the recorders office and there were none but at the same time not sure if that’s something that I would have to ask for or would be blatantly obvious and mentioned, but the docs I saw showed no such info

Once you approve them as a tenant, contingent on SEC 8 rent approval, the tenant will give you a package of paperwork to complete that outlines enough info about your unit that will allow the case worker to determine 1) if you are asking a "reasonable" rent and 2) if the rent plus utilities is "affordable" for the tenant based on the tenant's current income.

That real estate agent  referred me to an awesome loan officer from US Bank out of the Medford, Oregon area.

When I went to the admin hearing officer I explained what happened, why it happened and asked for dismissing the citation since the City employee told me I should put it out that day.The Admin Hearing Officer did not respond that day to my request but said he would send a response via email.  

I had my own general contracting firm and I woke up every day looking for my next dollar and sifting through an endless stream of subs and workers who did not share my outlook on life.

I don't know the answer to your specific question, perhaps someone who is a current loan officer does and will respond.

Have the face-to-face conversation with a loan officer and explain everything you're trying to do. 

I have a loan officer telling me he doesn’t recommend a heloc because of the variable interest rate, but when listening to the podcast, I’ve heard the guys favor a heloc and it just seems like the top choice of people I’ve talked to in similar situations.