Questions about the BRRR strategy

[Alexander Fernandez]

I put my feet to the fire and bought my first property.. Now I'm hungry for more. but I don't have the capital that I used to have. So I'm looking into growing my portfolio with single family / multifamily homes ranging in the 40-60k range. Ive read a lot about the BRRR strategy which involves gettting a house under market value with some cosmetic issues.. remodeling it and then taking out a cash out refi loan assuming you will get a good margin for the new value of the house after remodeling. now with this money, on to your next house!! It seems like a great plan but I have some questions!!

1. most banks/ credit unions are telling me I have to wait a minimum of 6 months after closing before I can get a cash out refi.. They say its a federal standard.. Is this true? is there any way around this?? I mean I want to get the cash back out as soon as Im done remodeling and move on to the next house.

2. Wouldn't A HELOC also work for this strategy? if so.. which would be better? and what really is the difference?

3. Ok so with this strategy lets say I get a house for 100k sink 20k on down deposit and 10k in renovations and now 2 months later its worth 150K. I get a cash out refi for 135K. So now clearly my monthly payments will be higher now that Ive gone from a 100k mortage to a 135K mortgage. and if I do HELOC it will just be another bill to pay aswell.. This obviously has to be taken into account when doing this strategy right? I mean thats why they say find a house that generates 2% purchase price... Or is it 2% the refinance price? which would make more sense?

cheers guys!!!