Big or Small down payment?

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Hi, BP Community,
I'm a brand new investor seeking to maximize cash flow quickly to build portfolio of rentals. Should I put a big down payment to get more cash flow and then use Home Equity Loan to get another property? Or should I do small downpayment to have more cash available for another deal? ...Or should I be thinking about things differently? Thank you all for your thoughts!

[Elizabeth Colegrove]

I personally like to put as little down as possible, leveraging them as much possible. I don't refinance them, we leave them alone. So everyone has their own "strategy"