Using personal funds to pay off HELOC or cash flow from rental?

[Adrian Hildebrand]

Hey everyone! Probably overthinking this but if you used a HELOC to pay for the down payment on your investment property, did you use the cash flow from your investment to make the payments on this or did you use personal funds from your W2 job or what not to pay it off?

My gut tells me to use the cash flow from the property to start building a bigger reserve fund and just use personal funds to pay for the HELOC but open to suggestions or what you have personally done!

Thanks!