@Ronnie Lee  which brokerage did you end up going with?

I'd venture to guess that the break even point on that up front investment is going to be 2.5-3 years.

It ended up being very minimal work on my end, which I truly didn't have time for.

If one person has smoke in their unit and causes the alarm to go off, the alarm in all units go off, and the fire department is automatically notified and is required to show up (is what I'm told by the FD and PD).

We have two children under the age of 2 and very little Equity to tie up in a deal.

If your HELOC is for the downpayment and you want to use lender money for the rehab, you are setting yourself up for failure in a difficult market.

Similar with a SFH: I can at least get in the market with a 5% conventional loan not expecting cash flow but hoping appreciation will help me out in the next 2+ years and I will at least be able to put up the remainder of the expenses since I do live with my parents.I am young so I could be overthinking, but my end goal is to have a portfolio where I can cash flow enough within the next 5-15 years to let go of my job (5k clean a month).

We have submitted fair offers considering the condition of the property (sellers don't keep up with the maintenace and repair as they should, for a property that they are going to lose and get no money only some debt relief.) 

Rate will definitely be higher and you may fighting an up hill battle when it comes to DSCR.

We have tried a dozen and ended up with our own custom built Podio platforms.