The current standard closing timeline is too short to also get a HELOC approved in time, and the mortgage lender will usually need to see those funds available to underwrite your next mortgage (though I'm not a lending expert, and it's possible if you used the same lender for both products, this might condense a bit more).In terms of strategy, we got the HELOC for as much as the lender would possibly give us, but only took out what we needed for the specific property when we found it.

Keep you answers short and to the point.

I have now acquired about 35 rentals in a very short period of time (15 months). 

In a few short years (goes by fast when working hard), you will be able to give your boss notice. 

Ensure you have enough to buy an investment property and also enough for a safety net in case something goes wrong shortly after purchase.

My short term goals to get started would be to get into the wholesaling side of real estate and earn capital to eventually invest in purchasing properties on my own for renting and also fixing/flipping.

Right now I am trying to consider the costs/benefits of taking some money out of stocks to buy a property in Belize, with the goal being using it for short-term rentals.

In Q2, due to occupancy levels, annual insurance premiums, annual property taxes, there was no cash flow above operating expenses and 8% is accumulating and will (hopefully) pay out in Q3 next month.

But that being said, it's also equally short sighted to say that taxes are inevitable so just pay them always and be done.  

Cranberry Twp is a suburb of Pittsburgh and doesn't seem to have much of a short term rental market.