Any local bank that does this kind of financing should be able to approve you as long as you have a good enough credit score and never declared BK.

Can the new HB 182 law be used to eject the prior owners of a property that the bank foreclosed on and did not remove from the house after the foreclose?

Some banks and lenders will calculate your Heloc payment based on the Max limit even if you only have a small portion used due to preventive risk. 

As I said, check with local banks and credit unions.

I refinanced it into a  5% 30-year mortgage with a local bank as the seller would only carry the loan for a year.

Sometimes a good commerical Broker could come in and deal with the bank and or their captial markets.. 

In order to have checkbook control, the IRA account will need to be at a trust company that will allow the IRA to invest in an LLC (where you will be the manager and your IRA will be member - an as manager you will have checkbook access to the LLC bank account).

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

I would get on the phone with a local lender through a local bank. 

One thing to be aware of, and I hope that this never happens to any of you guys, is my connected bank link somehow failed or became disconnected?