-I plan on buying my first house hack in the Pinellas County area around winter time when hopefully prices drop a bit.

I am buying a 20 Just east of Butte currently and access is the primary thing I look at. 

I'm not sure if it was the best financial decision but now I'm looking to buy another rental and have some money put aside for a down payment.

here are some questions for you.do you have a buy box? 

And then refinance it and buy another in 3-4 years.

Overall, I think you probably just had some bad luck and if you keep at it, you'll find a property that doesn't have another offer from someone buying for cash.

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Buying Subject To implies a lender is already on the property.

I’m hoping to invest in a buy & hold property using a HELOC from my primary home as the down payment.

In my state that would be an expensive change as I would be paying state transfer tax on the move along with other costs plus I would need to consider whether I wanted to buy title insurance on the property for the new LLC.