Use three of those to give you an idea of what your property will sell for.Sometimes, I'll do a quick and dirty comparable analysis by averaging the value values from Zillow, Realtor, and Redfin.

@Stacey OlsonRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

Or just use private money. 

Use the HELOC on cash-generating opportunities like flips, then use the cash generated to buy long-term buy and hold investments. 

@Doug Kirk Similar to @Remington Lyman, I also use Ohio Real Title and they're great to work with (I have no affiliation)

Most DSCR programs will want you to have owned the property for more than 6 months to allow you to use appraised value instead of cost.

That would be a game changer is you can use it to buy your second home. 

Using round numbers for illustrative purposes. 

i use apartments dot com for screening

This is my first post on here and excited to share my real estate investing journey with the best partner in the world, my wife.. we are looking into buying our first investment property via hard money.