Hey everyone, So I’m going to start managing STRs for clients that are deploying.

That's the same strategies banks use and it's amazing to be able to use that strategy to profit like they have proven useful.Whether or not you can deploy it into a property is a secondary question in my mind.  1st, get the cash and deploy in something liquid with an above 3.5% ROI, then work to identify your ideal property market.

A little background:I'm currently deployed over seas, I'm actively looking for a way to make the most out of the capital that I'm accruing while I'm out here..

Currently I am deployed to Bahrain and I'm just doing research but I would be interested to know of ways to be productive from over here.Thanks in advance.Josh

If you have a property that you could take out a heloc to replace your reserve account, then you could deploy your liquid cash elsewhere and still have the liquidity that a heloc offers.

She is planning on selling it, and have me reinvest it in my area so I can manage it while she is deployed.    

Perhaps if there is a lack of knowledge/ability on deploying additional capital effectively... or maybe a lack of confidence with properly estimating and maintaining enough liquidity to cover the moderate volatility of owning a rental portfolio.But aAt the end of the day though one's equity simply won't grow as fast the more it is dissipated into inefficient investment vehicles, and it could be argued that, ironically, leads to greater inability to cover risk and adverse circumstances than the ultra-conservative REI's tenets end up doing.

This does not mean that I don't have cash flow standards, simply that a per door metric is extremely arbitrary in the sense that someone like me could deploy the same amount of cash across 1BR and 2BR units and report a "per door" figure that is half of mine. 

Team,Brand new to the REI (first post on forum https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/55/topics/302...) was over the weekend.I'm currently deployed but when I return, my plan is to attend a few REIA meetings.

,HELOC if you're going to deploy the capital 'when the time comes.'