You can either sell the house or refinance and re-deploy your equity.  

I was introduced to real estate investing by a brilliant officer I met during my deployment in 2014-2015.

He notified me that he will be deployed in April, but wants to maintain the apartment.

I want to deploy said money to start purchasing some cash flowing units.Although I'm down in South Florida, I'm looking mostly to start investing up in Ohio; I feel I can get far better bang for my buck up there than I currently can down here in the Miami area.

If you extract the original equity and sit on the cash to deploy at an opportune time you can always use it to pay back the loan if you're struggling collecting rent to cover the mortgage.  

If you have a well paying day job, then I think your goal should be how to deploy your capital to get a return.

So now I'm seeking insight as to why HMLs refuse to allow these creatively structured deals to be deployed?

Flips have a higher ROI and quicker deployment of funds generally, but they are also one of the largest time SUCKS in our business.

Have a buddy who closed 242 units while deployed.

I am in the process of forming an LLC to deploy enough capital to purchase several properties and am looking to learn more about this area as a potential candidate.