Normally that would not be likely but banks are struggling right now to stay a float with tighter asset and financial requirements.Cash is king and having cash in hand and not in the form of a second lien position or excessive tradelines as a debt goes a long way in your underwriting approval.You are right, now is the time to borrow against a primary and buy more real estate. 

If a crash occurs, will you be able to float through it, or will you get stuck.  

And you need to be well capitalized to both start (first/last/deposit/furnishing) and to float your costs till you build a solid book of business.It's not just a matter of finding a place that rents for $1000/m to you that you think you can average $1,500/m in bookings. 

I really don't care about the banner at the top of my site. 

Not many of these "investors" can afford to float the $700-1200/month they're short, plus legal fees, for a year if a tenant knows how to play the system. 

Just do not let that balance float past the introductory period. 

I always rekey all the doors in my rentals when I flip the units for a new tenant as I always worry about the liability of keys floating around. 

@Jay HinrichsI agree, I feel like the container homes that you see floating around on social media are totally different to traditional homes meaning most lack the practicality of day to day living.

I'm in my first house hack in Sandy and realize I am much less interested in swinging a hammer than I thought I would be ;-PCurrent to-do list: remove swamp cooler and patch roofreplace front doorbuild a floating deck for our backyardreplacing carpet with engineered hardwoodinstall fan and sconces in the master bedroomNothing is urgent as we are living in our house, but I'd like to start knocking some things out and a reliable handyman would help me keep things moving.  

I have not researched if there are any big companies in this small town keeping it a float, i think because its just outside of Verona/Madison 35 minutes is its lifeblood.