A rental, bought all cash, is going to cash flow and let you learn the ropes and make some mistakes without being overly burdened financially.  

Purchase price: $200,000 Cash invested: $34,000 Sale price: $325,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Seth Choate, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Linda Street, Delhi, CA 95315.

I use to be sold on the Umbrella policy but then you have to up all your insurance premiums to meet the Umbrella policy which kills your cash flow. 

That can happen if you buy a home that needs a little TLC or renovations and after the upgrade the new ARV might put you at that 85% LTV or lower, possibly even be able to take cash out.As a first time home owner you can use FHA 3.5% down or Fannie Mae 3% down (single family).

Purchase price: $165,000 Cash invested: $54,000 Sale price: $323,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Seth Choate, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Stanislaus Ave, Angels Camp, CA 95222.

Purchase price: $135,000 Cash invested: $40,000 I purchased this farm as a place to park out tiny house on wheels & to be able to rent out the house on the property to have a cash-flowing primary residence ;) What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

You can put you funds into assets that are positive cash flowing.B) Personally, I do not like holding assets that negative cashflow.

Is there anything else I can do other than buying cash? 

Will banks have any issues doing a cash out refi on deal like this assuming i meet all the other qualifications such as credit score and DTI.

This led me to refinance my 3 property portfolio to pull some cash out in order to buy 2 more.