To get the best rate, you will want to use a conventional mortgage so you can't put it in an LLC.

Additionally, can you eventually do a BRRRR refinance with a traditional mortgage?

Get a salaried job in your field as soon as you graduate and leverage that to qualify for a mortgage.

Hard money and private lenders are dropping rates in desperation to put their money to work.

You can find a property that generates enough cashflow to cover your mortgage and pay for your HELOC interest.

If we had a dime for every time someone said they were going to do a bunch of deals in our area, we would all be on a private jet.

Has anyone used crowd funding or perhaps a private equity reit to fund a deal in the 2 million dollar range and if so how did you set it up and make it attractive to investors while keeping it profitable on the back end to actually run and maintain the property correctly? 

It is not worth the time or effort IMO to be a private detective. 

Details on the deal: - The seller has $288,000 left on the mortgage and has a 3.6 percent interest rate. 

So, all of the cash-flow, mortgage paydown and market appreciation are an INFINITE ROI!