There are some similarities, but many differences and limits that need to be understood based on its usage.With the passing of the JOBS ACT (to infuse the economy with jobs and much needed funding), there is a crowdfunding clause that has not yet come to full fruition.

As a portland investor, my goals are 20% cash on cash return for flips and minimum 7% annual ROI for holds.3) It is definitely easier to get a short-term cash infusion from flipping, but there is still plenty of multi-family  that cash flows out here!

You can factor in about $50 per month per unit for both.Based on the numbers, seems to be a good deal but needs to verify the cap rate for the area and you can get that from a good real estate agent specializing in multifamily.The $77K cash infusion to increase occupancy, I am assuming will be spent on improving the interior finishes of the units.

They are not going away and will likely be infused in most industries over the next 10 years.Here's an article about it's applications:http://www.businessinsider.com/blockchain-distributed-ledgers-2017-10

Business operator would do this for a capital infusion into his own business. 

IMO a HELOC is best used for short term deployments, to get access to quick, short term cash infusions.

If he's an equity partner, why should the treatment of his cash infusion be any different than yours? 

Then, the studs are decontaminated using some sort of water infusion, sucking process (obviously I'm an expert) and anything that stays is treated the same way.

I am in line with this mode of thinking.Our financial markets, which are tied to everything, have, for the first time in history, been artificially infused with capital for the so called "recovery".

It's not that slimming down and infusing capital would not work, but why do that when such an opportunity exists to slash and burn?