Instead of one big unit (which sucks a lot of amps and can pop breakers) we deploy a number of small units throughout the house, kitchen, bathroom, and at least one in the basement.ROI on the equipment is probably in the 1000's of percent 

An overly simplified way(not as simple; will take months and money) is to: Get a general contractor to create a budget and building plan; work on getting permits; get environmental done, re-zone if need be/possible; feasibility study; see how much cash you will have to deploy and then seek lenders for lending offers.There are way more steps but at a minimum these are some .Since you are looking to build,A bridge loan(interest only)/private money loan for a storage unit or a ground up construction project.

How difficult is it to deploy capital?  

Taser deployment was down 46.2% Year over year after getting new Tasers.

I am active military so I move and deploy a lot, so I can't build a business that relies on me being there... thus I do buy and hold.For you, the situation may be very different, or you may also want to just stay with passive income.

I am currently deployed in Kadena!

I'd recommend educating yourself as much as possible on the REI strategy you want to deploy through websites like this and it's family of podcast, YouTube, and your library.

Are you looking to run point or just find a way to deploy the capital?

There are also other institutional investors out there that are buying up properties because they need to deploy capital, it feels like they are playing a numbers game that if they buy enough that meet certain criteria they will come out ahead on average.  

When I get back from deployment I will have roughly 80k and no debt...