Re HELOC: Good point, about HELOC at 100% financing.

If you are working with the right agent, they can guide you through re-positioning a property.

In my experience, any NSF issues hit on day-1, prompting them to re-submit the rent.

However, advice such as you can't go wrong long term paying retail price for RE definitely seems questionable and influenced by his being a realtor.

Re-list it at a lower price, and do an open house.

I wanted provide an update, that I started my Texas RE license course online about 3 weeks ago. 

Greetings BP Family!  I'm Karl Brown, Realtor in the metro Atlanta Area. I'm strongly considering Investing in my home state of Pennsylvania in the near future, and wanted to get some insight before planning:1.) Is th...

Pricing was certainly more reasonable than through the RE Elevated seminar folks.Nothing replaces knowledge, network and legwork; and I wouldn't have it any other way :-)A~

I'm looking out of state or not in RE at all (I've made more in the last couple years in the stock market while waiting than I would in 10+ years buying a rental in OR)  

There's a wealth of information on Biggerpockets and I would suggest doing some self-educating on the different aspects of REI through the "Education" tab up at the top of the site.To be a little more specific, search for "House hacking" forums and blog posts to get a more in depth look as to how to get started with your condo and /or multifamily plan.Also consider why a condo and not just a multifamily to start...I could almost definitely say you don't need a RE company at this point.Like @Cameron Norfleet said, you could start with reaching out to a lender to see what types of financing you will qualify for.