There are different types of investment properties, such as multi-family properties, single-family homes, and beach houses/student housing near universities, which offer income diversification, house hacking potential, and scalability.

It's probably not really scalable, but you can build up a big pile of cash for 1 year or 2 or 3.

Hey Zachary I think it's essential to look beyond mere interest rate differentials and focus on strategic benefits, particularly if scaling your portfolio is a long term goal.Key considerations:Pre-payment penalties: Determine if the HELOC has any penalties, impacting your flexibility payoff.Scaling strategy: Evaluate the scalability and limitations of each financing option.Advantage of HML: Allows scaling without hard credit pulls, and no pre-payment penalties.Holding costs: Factor in not just interest rate differences but also ancillary expenses as well as overall goals of scaling.Example scenario:Property purchase for $120,000 with $30,000 renovation.

I'm looking for a lead generation technique that will land me my first deal and is scalable. 

Why do you want help in PA, NJ, MD, DE when you live in Philly, one of the best areas for scalable investments and cash flow when you know the areas block by block, which you probably do.

Currently working through some (very) preliminary due diligence with the goal of creating a template for 150 & 250 unit climate control buildouts in order to dial in an acreage size to focus in on for land acquisition, and to try and determine the most cost effective & scalable footprint to build as a "test" that can be scaled. 

Tripping over dollars to pick up pennies...Building a sustainable and scalable real estate portfolio should be about elevating and delegating and not doing the work yourself.Otherwise what's the point of investing in the first place?

As you start closing deals, you will need to reinvest your profits into mailing lists and other scalable activities to grow your business.

I am in the market for my third and am considering property management and/or turnkey in an effort to maintain scalability since this is not my full time gig. 

I think if we know what you want to achieve we can reverse engineer your ideal "path"@Justin Kane makes a really good point on the scalability of the larger MF game.