If that is the market that you want to target, I agree that you would be hard-pressed to find something around the $100k mark that is only a minor/moderate renovation. 

There's no reason why you couldn't just press the pause button on the process while you are away, no one says that each step has to happen immediately one after another.

Look at what's been happening to the price of gold and silver since economic disaster relief was announced and the printing presses were opened full throttle.

I would love to be able to secure a rental with cash, refinance, and repeat but figure the banks would be hard pressed as the debt would increase significantly with each refi.Thanks

https://www.nmhc.org/news/press-release/2020/nmhc-rent-payment-tracker-finds-79-percent-of-apartment-households-paid-rent-as-of-august-6/"This is a 1.9-percentage point, or 223,000-household decrease from the share who paid rent through August 6, 2019 and compares to 77.4 percent that had paid by July 6, 2020.

When the president addresses the nation (image by Wikipedia):he usually reads the text of his assistant with a teleprompter (image by Wikipedia):In my humble opinion, it's wise to delegate the creation of our personality to people who know this better than we do - hairdressers, makeup artists, photographers, speechwriters, image-makers, press officers, ... 

And press on. 

I have pressed my nose up to many a window, I have walked in backyards, maybe even found an open window (but will never admit that).  

or if you have a drill press make indentions for European concealed hinges.

Aug. 26, 2020https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-191  In conjunction with the adoption of the amendments, the Commission designated by order holders in good standing of the Series 7, Series 65, and Series 82 licenses as qualifying natural persons.