We used money we saved up as a mil-to-mil couple, did the 10% savings account while we were deployed, set aside money in mutual funds to grow it, used re-enlistment bonus funds, tax-free and hostile fire pay, etc. to put down payments on houses.  

Have been in the Air Force for almost seven years and currently deployed till the middle of April.

I would definitely deploy a responsive website from Storedge or The Storage Group that allows someone to rent a unit and pay online through their laptop or smartphone would be a big benefit. 

My only hurdle is I have a deployment coming up in a couple of months(I'm currently in active duty in the military) and I won't be able to be as active in investing as I hoped.

If you were a doctor with a high income, maybe you'd want to deploy capital that has little to no return now in exchange for high clash flow in 15 years (ie when they with to retire).  

The borrower is a flipper/agent and I have no doubt the houses will probably sell within a couple of months which will return a much higher APR and allow me to deploy the capitol into another deal reasonably quick.

I still think I would look to deploy the $240K differently by selling and looking to buy product with a stronger ROI, but perhaps in Anton's market, that's tough to do.

While my husband deployed, I wholesaled a number of houses, and used the money to buy long term holds...flip, flip, buy and hold. 

That sounds a lot cheaper to me then locking in a cash out for X years at a point lower where you're paying interest even when you don't need to deploy your capital. 

My strategy for when I get back to Omaha (I'm deployed right now) will be to continue working my full time and part time jobs and save like crazy until I have at least $20K.