Does anyone have advice on how to navigate the insurance claim to maximize payout?

I’ve never been in a multiple offer situation and am not sure how to maximize the profits.

Estimating we would need $20K to $30K for a $200K - $300K property.ORShould we keep this SFR home paid off to maximize its cash flow and use other sources of financing (personal savings or piggy back a home equity loan on a conventional 30 year mortgage loan) to finance the down payment on the new investment? 

As for portfolio lender u will see lots of flexibility and time saving and maximizing your downpayment.

Sounds like you are off to a great start.Looking at this from a purely business perspective, you owe it to your business, your partners, your investors to maximize the revenue coming into the company.  

Think about adding roommates to maximize your house hack.

Their job is to maximize your investment, not cost you money.

We are going to start developing land that we bought across from an In-N-Out as our first development and I would love to hear your thoughts on how we can maximize our investment.Also real estate agents / brokers who have worked with large retail or commercial tenants, let's talk.

Also, I don't know the formation of your driveway and garages, but I have maximized my parking by actually blocking to garages with three cars parked perpendicularly and then renting the garages for storage.

In theory you should leverage yourself to the hilt and always be like that to maximize your returns.