I’m 2 months into using this program.

I do not think this is a one size fits all answer and there are times where private lending is preferred over traditional financing.

Deferred interest to end of loan / payments for a higher rate.3.

I borrowed the full $200K on this HELOC to purchase my FL investment property Nov 2022. 

Any general advice you can share on getting this ball rolling? 

Please try this one:  https://www.meetup.com/sfbayre/

This will keep it affordable for you but will always have high rental demand. 

John is right about the enemy method, its the only accurate way to estimate revenue.The blanket estimated revenue amounts on analysis websites like AirDNA can be a decent baseline, but generally include too big a pool of properties to give a very precise estimate.The way I use the enemy method: Sign up for a pricing software that has market analysis (I use PriceLabs but most of the pricing softwares have this feature).

Start by reading the Ultimate Real Estate Investing Guide: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides/ultimate-real-estate-investing-guide/introduction2.

Ideally my goal is to travel while renting out this property.