Leveraging your first property to buy the second

I was wondering if it is possible to use your first property (buy and hold strategy) to get into your second property?

For example if I owned my first property out right is it possible to use that property as collateral to secure a loan and low interest rate when buying the second rental property? 

The reason for this question is, I will be buying rentals using a company as the owner of the properties and I want to start building the business' credit history to make it easier to secure future deals. 

Thank you in advance for your time.