(not so easy to do)"Cash is king, cash flow queen"****"Adding value" is certainly something I've been looking into.

Cash is king.

@John King - excellent point.

We would like to use the HELOC becuase all-cash offers are king in our market and we also realize that few if any banks and sellers are willing to work through the FHA 203K loan process (which would be necessary to fund the improvements on the sorts of BRRRRs which we are pursuing).Our dilemma is whether or not to max out the HELOC (ie: to take either the 80% option or the 90% option).

Steve King hase BP even taken his podcast episode down yet?

(Smart investors used the downturn as an opportunity to load up on "dark" fiber at pennies on the dollar - cash is king.)

Michael, one thing to keep in mind is that while very inexpensive houses can look like cash flow kings on paper, the reality is that they are inexpensive for a reason.

@Steve King - sounds like the triplex is grandfathered in since the zoning is Single Unit now.

Again, I think this is more market specific, but I hope it becomes a more common practice.As for the cash offer vs funded offer, I agree that cash is king, but unless we are talking about houses that are much more expensive than 150k with much higher profit margins, I don't think that accepting a cash offer and losing 15k in profit is worth it.

@Danny Gallagher cash is king when buying.