Get knowledge, follow experienced people, and leverage wisely.My Take:If you have two houses, excellent credit, and motivation to build wealth, you can learn to manage your money responsibly.Use HELOC, credit cards, and business credit funding to leverage your cash and buy properties faster.

If you leverage, the analysis is much different.  

I will leverage every asset in my name to make this happen.

And that's the talk here, if "used leverage ___" well that leverage in stocks ie margin, is insanely dangerous maxed out at 2:1.

This deal leveraged strategic financing, value-add renovations, and market knowledge to deliver a strong return.

You're very under leveraged compared to most investors trying to scale.

You've earned $132,000 more by splitting your money and leveraging it.There are other benefits to leveraged homes.

Then they will take out leverage to complete the purchase of the second property. 

I find DSCR most lenders are 8 to even 9% for max leverage on 5+ right now.

Banks who offer construction financing tend to be 75-80% LTC and alternative/hard money lenders will sometimes offer higher LTC leverage than that.