Income from leveraged real estate or active business income.

It’s a great way to grow faster.HELOC or Equity Tapping: If you have equity in another property, using a HELOC or cash-out refinance could help cover the down payment without affecting your DTI as much.Seller Financing or Creative Deals: Look for sellers willing to finance directly, which bypasses traditional mortgage qualification hurdles.Scaling quickly often involves combining strategies—play around with what works best for your goals.

If you have your own business/self-employed you might qualify for a Solo 401(k) or multi-participant 401k whereby you can self-direct into real estate with those funds. 

I am learning a lot about the business that, had I not gone through this process, I wouldn’t have learned nearly as much.

I do not sell my model but I have a friend in the business who offers a much better model than Michael Blanks in my opinion.

You have to purchase at least as much as your net sale and use all of your net cash.If the scenario involved a $450K sale. 

You would build a way better business.

Michelle Wang,With all due respect, you should make plans to be in another business once you're out of Real Estate Investing (Residential, Income Property).There are Members of our MassRealEstate dot net Association that come crying to me about similar situations as yours i.e.

How is your RE business?

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.