It’s all about finding decent deals and leveraging the velocity of money mindset.

It's the equity capture that moves the needle enough to matter.Down payments won't change much, but having equity sooner will accelerate the velocity of your dry powder. 

We did not wake up one day it was a slow drawn out years long progression to the bottom .. stock market of course has much greater velocity than real estate vis a vi crashing and rising from what i have seen..

What you go on to describe here is the money-multiplier effect, or "monetary velocity". 

Putting 20% down on a rent ready property, and waiting while saving to do it again with 20% down OR using the same cash every 6 months (or less if you find the right lender) to build your portfolio of cash flowing rentals with velocity.

The more well-bought assets you have, the better they pay, and the better they pay the larger the discrepancy between what you owe and what you can pay.I highly recommend you research Velocity Banking.

This is above and beyond the mainstream strategies of using this as my bank to buy my cars or other financed items to save on interest - real estate vehicles to me has a much great velocity of return.

@Brie SchmidtI would love to use the "velocity banking calculators" you are using.

As I get a feel for the response rate, I'll gradually start adjusting both the volume and velocity.

Usually too, you want to target residents that have lived in their homes 5-7 years as they are the most likely to move.But it really depends on what your goals are, and what type of campaign you are going to runI usually look at velocity and absorption rates.