You should make an offer contingent upon financing. 

You could cut costs with mini splits. 

30 year fixed, low interest rate DSCR BLANKET loans (put multiple 1-4 unit properties under one loan for cash out or for purchase).Ground Up Construction loans for aspiring developers with NO Experience100% Financing on Fix and Flips (just pay closing costs and prepaid taxes/insurance)Fix and Flip financing that requires no appraisalHELOCS on investment propertiesBuilder's Forwards (for medium to larger developers who want to hedge interest rates on their properties they plan to sell so they can offer "low builders rates").DSCR loans for long term AND short term rentals (I think this is becoming more and more common, but some people have still never heard of this).And so much more!  

Can you get construction financing? 

My question: is it better to pay cash for one or put minimum down payment and finance 2-4 properties?

I would just make sure that you can qualify resi/commercial financing on the back end so that you don't get stuck in the hard money loan.

Explore financing options 5.

Hey, everyone looking for some advice in regards to financing a potential flip.

Hard money for the 1st loan or normal bank financing? 

Typically, this financing options available for properties with these unit-counts have looked more like the options for commercial real estate or large apartment building financing.