If you already own a personal residence then say buy a few single family rentals, you could easily use your first four conventional loans which are the easiest to get and offer the best rates and wind up with only 3 units.

I'm currently residing in San Marcos, TX.

I am interested in getting creative in this hot market and purchasing a foreclosure as my primary residence.

I already know some realtors in great bend kansas I was looki,g at a house for 49,000 but knowbody will help me out so to I reside in Pennsylvania and my credit is to low for a home loan so I was wondering who can I turn to for loan to get this done because I ask around everyone says without going thru a bank it's going to be hard

Keep in mind, FHA financing can only be used for a primary residence. 

I recently purchased my first primary residence (house hack) and I am closing on my first buy and hold rental in the next week or two!

Hello everyone,My husband Jim and I are semi-retired and reside in Central FL with our two puppies. 

Or is a HELOC just for a primary residence?

*shrug*By contrast folks actually residing here, that are here lawfully...Teach them how to hack FICO, they do exactly what they are told.Teach them to season funds, they do exactly what they are told.Teach them (or their CPA rather) what stuff we look for on Schedule E, make sure the rent and fair rental days are accurate, get aggressive with depreciation so no one is paying extra taxes for no reason, et cetera. 

I have observed that it is common for homeowners in the area to rent out a basement, so i have adjusted my search accordingly for my primary residence, and i am going to expand my search radius to find the multi-family Im looking for.