@Devon Shives,Your situation has a lot of potential, but here’s a thought: A cash-out refi could work if you’re confident you can use the $30-35k effectively for your next property, but the higher rate and payment might indeed limit your borrowing power for another mortgage.Consider these alternatives:1.

Below is some information about home prices in Ohio, sourced from Google AI.

And the power of leverage will bring me generational wealth in about 10 years.

I don't think you can go wrong with any of these 3:REI NationJWBSpartan InvestThey have all stood the test of time and I if i ever win the powerball, I'll "throw" money and own 10 properties with each of them lol 💰I'd recommend myself but my A$$ is still sore from working with investors so we aren't taking on any new business and are just working with our existing investor base

More power to you if it works, and as you said there isn't any one way of doing this.

The individuals I've met along the way that are really good at real estate are analytical, level headed, and disciplined.

If you plan on buying these properties using a mortgage its also best to begin the pre approval process and work with an investor friendly lender to help guide and educate you what the best product might be for your projects to make sure you dont already max out your borrowing power after the first deal.

You might luck out and find a guy that on the DL hates gov and loves to comply just to take back the "power." 

Apart from ACH, which is free vs. a fee on other platforms, the software also keeps track of property analytics and can create a statement of cash flows (NOI/Net Income views also available) and has export functions to give your CPA come tax time.

Even so, you need to buy expensive equipments and use a lot of power to mine very little Bitcoin.