I FUND CITIES2.

However, it restricts corporate growth.Syndication, on the other hand, involves several investors funding larger deals.

They generally have the recipe down and just need the deal funded if that makes sense? 

Quote from @Shayan Sameer: Hello,real estate investors,I have a question for those with experience pulling home equity to fund new investments.

Texas does have specific rules regarding home equity loans and cash-out refinancing (often referred to as "Texas Equity Section 50(a)(6)"), but these don’t prohibit homeowners from using funds for investment properties.

-What are some ways to fund my first investment deal?

Is that 450-600k equity over and above a 70% LTV?

Question is, is the person you are dealing with a correspondent broker who brings them deals to fund or someone from their company.

Understand what you are investing in....is it a secured loan, unsecured loan, membership interest in an entity that deploys capital like a feeder fund or direct membership interest in an entity that is the deed holder? 

Very unfortunate as continue to see people who are providing others with money and not understanding until its too late that their money was never secured and was gone the moment they wired those funds