Deals like this don't come often - need to have liquid cash to be able to jump when the opportunities present themselves.

If you are strictly the developer and not he owne, there are fewer liquidity options.I'll be interesting to hear the conversation and what opens up around it.

I’ll be most accurately judged in 5-7 years after all this dust has settled and people see which sponsors are still here, which got foreclosed, and which liquidated at massive losses.  

I'm thinking the liquidity of the HELOC would be great to pull the trigger on a good deal when it comes and I don't want to pay interest on taking out money I'm not actually using yet since I haven't found a property yet.  

But it does make a compelling case for investing, plus that keeps your cash more liquid and gives you more options.

Answering any post that starts with "I have one million in liquid cash and not sure what to do with it".  2. 

As mentioned everyone's strategy is different, I'm risk adverse & enjoy liquidity.

Liquidity. 

One of the major things a person has to consider when investing in the Caribbean is liquidity. 

Why would you want to double down on the biggest risk involved with real estate, liquidity risk?