They go to Miami to shop for cheap clothes and buy a few iPhones for cheaper then they can in their home country, maybe buy a condo in Brickell to stash their money because they don't trust banks in their home country, and then fly home, never seeing any part of the U.S. outside of Dade County. 

Take down big gains when they are available and stash that cash in longer term stable plays when they are not. 

I've stashed money away to get by in the meantime, now all i need to do is execute:)

If buy and hold cash flow is your goal then I would suggest to look a little distance outside of DCI also would recommend patience as well, right now it's a hot market and it's not a bad thing to stash cash away and wait for it to stabilize/regress.

If you have a super high-paying job and are able to stash away tons of money every month then that's one thing, but if it takes you a long time to save up 10K then I would consider the low down payment option.

I can stash cash, while assuming a good life, and buy another 300k property with stone cold cash in 3 years.

There are some serious jokers out there asking for 50% up front and have only provided crappy work. 8.

I’m likely now going to take the $10k in profit I’ll have from the VRBO in the next 3 months and stash it as a reserve.

Not sure how I'll bucketize all my reserve money...but I've been stashing away money in each account for the inevitable rainy day.

Unfortunately, I am out of my element specifically to Phoenix market, but I would also add that you should just be stashing away cash while you look, never know when an opportunity could present it self.Good luck!