I'm sitting in Omaha these days, but I’ve got a soft spot for these strategies because I’ve seen clients pivot from holding tight to their equity, to making bold moves that expanded their portfolios in ways they never imagined.

If it's tight or you're uncomfortable with the tenant you have in there from a confidence perspective, especially if this is a first deal, maybe meet in the middle and get a lender at 75% or 77% (doesn't HAVE to be at 5% increments) that wont make you season, and leave a bit more money in the deal, but sleep better.Overall, if I cash flow well, have/keep reserves, and am comfortable I fixed everything in the house, I like to max out the LTV on refi.

Typically  issues are raised when the exterior is not kept up with / parking on grass / garbage in neighborhoods where everyone takes pretty good care of their homes.If you keep it clean and run a tight ship, you should be okay most of the time.

Everyone will be jumping back in, making the market much more tight.

Things are starting to get really tight for them now, and starting to come to a head.

I don't feel like I weighed all my options before purchasing because I was on a tight timeline - so for my next deal this is my question for you: If you're just getting started on your first flip and you had ANY funding source available to you - what would be your recommendations of top 4 funding sources in order of your preference? 

Margins are already tight enough let alone taking on a triplex gas bill.  

It's possible to consider a single-family investment, but even then, it would be quite tight accounting for the down payment, closing costs, insurance, etc.

Yes, yr 1 cashflow was very tight but getting $2,700mnth rents, 0 cap-x 0 maintenance helps much. 

It's likely, you are being too tight on your comparables or not searching correctly.