Understanding how important vetting staff and potential partners are in this business and using the mistakes of other to make profit.Wholeheartedly,  I wish to use all my own capital to fund all my deals, but any seasoned investor knows that that is an unrealistic goal; specifically, sacrilege.

A lot of the more seasoned investors are selling, however there are still a number of investors that are buying as quickly as they can!

Through the roof.It seems almost weekly for the last 2 years another article appears in the paper about the lack of available rentals, and the increases in rent prices, in the Denver market which basically covers all of these areas.4th Quarter 2014 Vacancy & Rent Report ReleasedPublished Friday, February 6, 2015by Jennifer Von StrohGiven an increase in the number of new additions to the inventory this quarter and over the last two plus years, the recent trend in the Denver metro unemployment rate, normal seasonal vacancy changes, continued immigration, and an increase in metro area natural population, rent increase and a low vacancy rate are both expected, with some variation across certain submarkets.

You won't build up your reputation in a year, although you may already be a seasoned real estate person.

I am using a HELOC on my home in Hawaii to put up the down payment but would like to buy multiple properties and stretch the heloc as far as possible  without using it for repairs if possible.Further is there anyway around the cash-out refinance (for cash bought properties without seasoning) restriction to only borrowing the purchase price of the home and not the purchase price plus rehab.  

I am a seasoned solutions provider as a network /security engineer for over 20 years.  

We get short term (year long or so) loans from private lenders and then refinance with banks after the property has "seasoned" (and they will go off appraised value versus what we have into it).

Buy vacation property further south so it isn't seasonal income. 

It helps limit your liability/risk and allows you to still make a profit while learning from a seasoned investor. 

My point is a seasoned investors who are in the business and own multiple properties  don't espond to mass marketed mailings.