Could be a good alternative instead of selling. 

An alternative could be putting all your properties under one LLC to start, then reassessing as your portfolio grows.

They are not alternatives for the same goal. 

Take advantage of the lower downpayment programs early on and once you are tapped out of conventional loans, I would consider alternative financing. 

Our thought is a bunch of $.06 per minute charges on your credit card would be too many line items on your CC statement, so by default the system will reload your account in $50 increments (you can change this to any increment)In the dialer interface, I thought we displayed $99 for unlimited minutes as an add-on to the main app as an alternative to pay per minute.

When interest rates rise, in a balanced market, rents should rise, as the alternative to renting - buying a home - becomes that much more expensive.

Alternatively, do the risks outweigh the benefits of $500+ cashflow plus 30% day one equity and less than 2k out of pocket?

Perhaps slightly higher from an alternative lender but definitely not from a credit union and expect much higher fees.

There're some alternative planning approaches, but they are always case-by-case.  

Its return is achieved due to an alternate rent model.