I always thought BP/etc's pitching of a great (but not new) tactic of buy-fix-rent-wait to season - cash out refi - re deploy what ever cash you get back, rarely if ever 100% of what you started with...    

Its the "cheapest" since you are only paying for one loan and this assumes you aren't deploying your cash elsewhere.I hope this helps, too. 

We have gotten a pretty good response in the short time they have been deployed, which is exciting.  

I have 500 k of liquid assets that I would like to deploy for real estate.

Maybe you have more cash to deploy than others.

But do a cash out refi to deploy that equity to scale up so you can make a lot more off your down payments.

In between these house hack purchases, I love the idea of using creative financing strategies to scale my portfolio without the bottleneck of needing to save and deploy large sums of capital into each property.I'm at the point where I have read just about every real estate-related book and listened to just about every real estate-related podcast, and am now looking to connect with other like-minded investors / real estate professional to share ideas and take action.Thanks everyone - looking forward to connecting!

I am 27, have a finance/private equity background and have about $2M+ or so I am looking to deploy.

This is such a great question that I thought I’d revive the thread with a slight twist.I’ve often thought and asked about this along these lines but without much traction so far…Instead of asking for million dollars with an open-ended question of where to deploy it, what if the ask/mandate was to solely in – BUY & HOLD (20% - 25% down) and limited to Southern California ONLY and…SELF MANAGE to save on management fees.How would one structure the as in order to target Multi family (duplex, triplex) up to $600k per property?

I did save money because I didn't overpay for the property, but now I'm out time for the search and I'm still sitting on a ton of cash to deploy earning zero in the bank.I'd like to see an incentive system where the buying agent has more incentive to fight for better pricing for their clients.