So the lead gen from Bigger Pockets and other places where one can publish their real estate content is going to get flooded with more looky loos and tire kickers, whereas before there were so many ultra aggressive investors one would probably not notice the looky loos and tire kickers as much because they were easier to ignore.

Funding the larger properties to start sounds like it will be my biggest challenge and I'm not convinced, yet, that I can't find the money out of my own pocket or find OPM to get a deal done.

It did need some upgrades, but I'm definitely out of pocket a lot on this one to turn it back into an STR. 

Read some other comments - I guess it is technically a cash out refi, but you're paying off a line of credit as opposed to putting the cash in your pocket which is what I typically think of when there is a 'cash out refi'.

The rates aren't great, but it will lower our immediate out of pocket expenses over the next 5 years so I am happy with it.  

I've filed claims on things that are pretty severe and couldn't cover out of pocket, so as a result I just upped my deductible.

Expect to put no money in your own pocket for a couple years.  

I like that, unlike with say trading for a hedge fund, I can create opportunities for others rather than solely line the pockets of someone richer (that being said I still intend to make money).

I wont go into all the specifics of my strategy, but basically I am buying a 450k+ home for 25-30k out of pocket and my partner puts in 330k from the SBLOC.

When we moved our companies to a new accounting software we looked at Quickbooks, but found its international awareness (tax rules, multi-currency, locale support, etc), project/job, and multi-company abilities to be clunky.To be fair, none of the candidates hit everything on our wishlist.We ended-up selecting MoneyWorks by Cognito and have been satisfied with it over the past three years.