Theoretically, market is an infinite scale from negative ("I'll pay you $X to live here") to positive ("The rent is One Billion Dollars" in Dr.

You're negative is that you are 2 1/2 hours away and you're brand new. 

Accept it for what it is and chalk any negative items up to a learning experience.   

Not borrowing limit but net worth. negative net worth to one million starting with an empty wine jug.

Unless acting as an investor under my LLC would negate that problem?  

Sustained period of being negatively viewed, 50 years is a starting point in NY.

And you're not doing the thing where you accept negative cashflow while waiting/betting/praying on appreciation, because you've got to live somewhere regardless. 

I want to do the wisest thing that will not negatively affect my prospects for deal funding in the near future.

In practice I would have done better than this because I take money out when the opportunity allows for doing so without much negative consequence (I never refinance into a significantly higher interest rate). 

In exchange for that possible high return, you take the chance of a low or negative return.