Use the wholesale method of buying in a down market to amplify results.  

There is a wealth of free information here.And Google the enemy method.

I just had to redo the grading and dry lock all of the basement because of leaking from the rain now this HVAC issue.

If we go by the BRRRR method, we're already going to buy and rehab it, then would it not make sense to just flip it at that point and cut out the need to deal with tenants, home damage/repairs, refinancing, etc.?

My long-term strategy involves using the "stacking" method for the first 5 years, acquiring multiple duplexes/fourplexes to maximize my return on investment.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

There’s nothing worse than a lender that over promises and then can’t deliver (sometimes they don’t even review your file before giving you the pre-approval letter and assuring you that all is well, charge you for the appraisal and let you go through inspection and pay for that out of pocket too, then their underwriters get involved and discover some reason they can’t process the loan leaving you high and dry).

But my issue is that the pipeline either runs dry on the top funnel or I cant get bids out fast enough. 

I just read an interesting article on Business Insider about the potential resurgence of home flipping and the BRRRR method.

We hear a lot about hard money lending, utilizing the BRRR method for holding properties, etc.