Since you're 6-12 months away from buying, use this time to build investor relationships, master deal analysis, and secure financing.

I’m currently working towards getting my real estate license with a focus on helping investors buy 2-3 properties a month.

But this will depend on the area that you are buying in.

My understanding is Heloc since its a line of credit can be drawn anytime so say you buy the property with and the ac goes on a heloc you could use that to pay for it where the home equity has a period/ gives all the cash upfront.

Swann is a large company and are likely easy to find at Best Buy, etc.

But yes, I would find the houses, submit, get an offer from them with a signed PASA, take the loan through them, and after reno was complete, they would buy the house.   

An opportunity to buy my second property has come.

Max helped me buy a condo in Little Italy that has insane cash flow because of this new license. 🙏🏼 

You should do all the same level of due diligence you otherwise would to buy the property. 

Your home equity you currently have will count as an asset on the CSS Profile, but not on the FAFSA - unless you've taken a HELOC to buy the other property.