I have had the WORST luck with finding a lender to assist me with refinancing A free and clear home I have in order to take the lump sum to the next project of portfolio building with buy and holds.Just brief example:  With travel you may get $15 hourly then tax free stipends (which seems to be the killer for loans) which include lodging, food, travel etc.  

But, equity can be turned into cash by either refinancing or selling.  

(I could not get a loan in the US (for a reasonable rate) as I'm not a resident nor a citizen, so refinancing is not possible). 

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If you're planning on refinancing to something more conventional you're most likely going to need 20-25% equity.

I thought it might be possible to refi the property, including rehab, with a hard money lender for 12 months then re-refi to a 30 year loan, but I haven't asked and I don't really want the massive expense and hassle of refinancing 2 more times

The property that breaks even and has $150k of equity would likely not work if you refinanced and pulled cash out.  

Generally, you would already have a hard money lender for that though so really no need for the broker until it is refinancing time.

Look at the below example:PURCHASE PRICE: 40kREHAB: 55kHOLDING COSTS: 5kTOTAL INVESTMENT: 100kARV: 150kRENT: 1100After the rehab is complete, before refinancing, should I look at it like I'm purchasing the property for the ARV?

We are refinancing one of our properties and will be pulling out about 42K in cash.