It was a great way to build cash in order to acquire some rentals.

I have a house with about 70-90k of equity that I’m looking to refinance out of the property. I’m currently living here with a roommate and have a 3.3% interest rate loan on 300k and still owe about 280k. My monthly p...

Financing: I have about $1.3M to deploy right now and will have additional ~$700K (sale of primary home) to deploy in 3 years (total $2M). 

It was a great way to build cash in order to acquire some rentals.

And keep in mind this is in addition to your normal tax liability.

Getting an additional 3% back on every deal made too much sense to me, so I got my Real Estate License.

Additionally, the 1031 exchange is worth mentioning though I'm sure you have already thought of that. 

Building cash to acquire rentals.

For MF properties in Bremen, you will most likely have to do a multi approach to sourcing the right deal: market to off market properties to see if they’re interested, watch the MLS, and look for properties that have enough land and zoning will allow an additional dwelling unit (ADU) like garage apartment or tiny house 

I assume the only way they wouldn’t laugh is because you are overpaying for the property and they are considering that overpayment additional interest.