I purchased my primary home two years ago and I am now looking to invest in another property for the purpose of investment.

Others would likely argue legislation is the biggest long-term threat to a successful well-positioned/lower LTV portfolio, but personally I'm more focused on the impact of 3-D printing. 

It was my new wife and her late husband's primary residence and the home they built where they raised their two children from 2016 - 2019 when they lost him. 

Without getting a partial release of that mortgage your lender would be in a second lien position notwithstanding the easement.

At a minimum, I recommend selling it within three years of renting it so you don't lose the tax free gain on sale of a primary residence.

House Hack is when you purchase a single family home or 2-4 units and live there as your primary.

If someone is not in my position, then they may have to have 9 months in reserves.Good Investing...

We haven't put in our offer yet or gotten an inspection, but were excited when we toured it yesterday and found it was in generally good condition and there were no visible or olfactory signs of water damage.My original thought was we could get a conventional primary home loan for the purchase price of the house and then use cash to finish it out.

On a positive note, the Pensacola beach house ended up being a great investment and according to Zillow/etc. it's now worth over $500k in value.  

I am looking to start my real estate investing journey and my first thought is to utilize a HELOC on my primary residence, rent it out to start my cash flow and use my equity to purchase a new primary residence.