I am a veterinarian and absolutely love my career, however I feel strongly that real estate could be an excellent side-gig or even perhaps a great way to move into a second career whenever I'm ready to retire from veterinary medicine. 

While qualifying for a HELOC is dependent on your home equity and your credit score, good or excellent credit makes it easier to qualify.

I just started applying for lending and have excellent credit with zero debt so it shouldn't be a problem. 

To maximize the number of transactions you’re involved in you will need to:Be Top of Mind when they think about moving - which requires consistent reminders.Be seen as an Expert – which requires a consistent message and Evidence of Success storiesGain their Trust – which requires communicating integritySo, start out by listing everyone you know in an Excel spreadsheet.Why Excel?

They have been excellent with our clients.

I did purchase some multi-family properties, however, along the way I also discovered "excellent" single-family home deals that were too good to pass up.  

You can either buy in a linear market, where you can purchase an older home for $150K, get excellent cash flow and see an average of 3% appreciation.

Not only do most investors spend too much time sitting behind a computer polishing off their fancy excel spreadsheets, they rarely walk properties.

Perhaps you are excellent at all four roles I outlined.

Thank you, RTR, for providing excellent and valuable services from start to finish, making it easy for out-of-state investors to own income-producing rental properties.”I agree wholeheartedly with you, but running amuck is the new theme.