Anyone interested in speaking more about this topic please reach out to me.

You can probably secure the hard money with less than a 25% down payment, and then if things go right - 0 out of pocket on the refinance, but you will still need at least some "skin in the game" regarding a little equity/down payment to start.Sharing this article published here on BP last year on this topic - hope it can help too!

Once you feel you've built a strong team with your first property and have solid systems in place, I would then start buying more aggressively and taking on bigger projects.I suggest reading this BP article on the core 4.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

Any tips on where I can get some clarity on the topic?

Hello, I've tried searching this topic, but could only find an article about a car left in a garage a house was bought.  

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Read this article on the "core 4".

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Check out this article Joe Fairless did on direct mail marketing. 

The topic was "How to make a million with REI in 7-10 years" and he said he is nowhere near that.