One thing to remember is the flipper will have $30k- $40k in financing during flip and closing costs to buy the home then another $25k when they selll so that will play into the numbers that need to be considered. 

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.

they are a non accredited pay to play orginization.. while they do some nice meet ups and have basic info.. does not mean that any lender that pays to be a member is a better lender than the thousands of us that are not members..

I would like to find more of an equity play.

Families: "Spacious backyard, kids’ play area, and just minutes from the local zoo."

You don't want to start playing sides here and getting involved in these kinds of debates.

We want to buy an arcade machine for our STR that plays a bunch of different games.

I do think house hacking and small multifamily are the best plays at the moment. 

in the desert units are often on the roofs.. you can only hope the criminal stumbles and falls off the roof and breaks their butt and decides thats not a good play for them..

I don't know if you've played around with the feature request portal (it's under Help and Support in the top right, then Suggest a Feature).