However, my main question (which may sound dumb) is, “in this scenario would it be better to Refinance the house, or go through with HELOC?”

I wanted to hear some stories of challenges people have faced who have already invested out of state or out of the country before so I can know what to avoid, what to look out for, and where to focus my energy.I am investing in mainly single-family homes and small multifamily (2plex-6plex) homes with long term tenants.Cheers!

I do have the owners name and pay for a skiptracer to make it possible to find their contact info and have enough confidence in myself that I can cold call them weekly or monthly as my main means of marketing.

It's a combination of foreign money, mainly from Asia, where buyers pay cash in a hot area.

@Andrew ReidOne of the main filter systems I used when starting out is to go to a landlord friendly state.  

My main source of income is representing clients then my 2nd source is spawning off from that through RE investments.  

Hello everybody!      I am Alex Cole, I stumbled across the bigger pockets podcast in search for some financial education in my life, and have been hooked since. I have been a member, but not much of a contributer to ...

You can surely go through the "Education" tab under your account's main page that has some valuable links.

My question is mainly because I want to do an owner occupied investment property to start, and I want to find ways to make money on the first deal.

My main interest is finding something on my lower budget (250k) that would be easy to rent when I move.