On my existing units most prefer to pay cash.

This is can provide investors with more flexibility in cash flow, allowing potential investment in multiple deals at once.

Avoiding a 35% down is going to require a very profitable deal or cash flow on the property. 

Also, if you hope to attract a national fast food chain, most retail developers will get a committment from them, or at least some type of LOI, up front to make sure that the chains would even be willing to have a store at that location, and what specs they would want/need for the building and how much rent they could pay, etc.

Cash flow and access to capital are common problems for real estate investors and house flippers.

What's your goal - cash flow or appreciation?

Purchase price: $514,500 Cash invested: $125,000 Purchased a beach condo that will be used as a STR.

They all have various degrees of accounting functions, but most are cash-based accounting.A CRM software, like Monday, is usually stacked "on top" PMC software to synch and add automation options.QuickBooks is then synched to the PMC software to give greater accounting flexibility for transactions other than lease-related and allow accrual-based accounting.We use a PMC software Propertyware and a CRM software, but stopped using QuickBooks over a decade ago as was too redundant.

Our current rental was purchased for roughly $340k 7 years ago and is worth in the mid $500’s now and is paid off, and our primary was purchased for $430k 4 years ago and valued low to mid $600s and we owe $180k.Option1 we are considering are a fix and flip to provide cash for a down payment for a long term rental to allow the rent to cover the mortgage and at least break even.

Cash offer, quick closing!