They can not be expected to devote time to the process for free. 

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Maintaining liquidity will allow you to take advantage of opportunities quickly, moving fast when a good deal arises.

The benefits to using available cash to fund multiples investments as opposed to paying all cash for one investment seem pretty self explanatory, but the largest benefits...especially in real estate...are likely the ability the spread risk across multiple investments and the ability to make multiple investments in a shorter period of time, allowing your cash flow, equity, and ultimately potentially your net worth to increase at a faster pace.To answer your question about traditional financing directly, yes you can obtain a traditional mortgage and put a large cash down payment down, essentially financing 'part' of the purchase price.

This approach allowed us to move quickly and efficiently, ensuring the project stayed on track.

Hi guys, I'm new here and to real estate I'm originally from Asheville, NC but the Army moved me to Clarksville, TN I'm looking forward to getting my first rental property and keep learning and expanding my portfolio so I can set myself up in a better position for the future so I can spend more time with family and friends and not be forced to have a W2 job for 50+ hours a week.

What strategies are others using when looking at MLS listings at this time?

At this time I am figuring out where can I get best terms and then will do due diligence on the top few options.

My only concern is that the time on the market is around 70-100 days. 

A novice tax lien investor I had advised came to me one time and mentioned he worked for one of the national tax sale trainers.