so most people will have to be as leveraged as possible to scale (at the beginning). as in, keep your LTV high and focus on buying 'as much' ($$) RE as possible. this is if you're doing a pretty run of the mill REI strategy like buy and hold. i came across an interesting guideline once: if you could sell today and net 7x+ your annual true net cashflow, you should cash-out/refi, or sell/1031. think of it this way: if your portfolio in a year is worth 1m market value, and you owe 600k, and have a lender that will do a portfolio loan at 80% ltv, you could cashout refi and get 200k to play with (minus closing costs). when you compare the now-lower cashflow from the existing portfolio (higher LTV & maybe different rate), to what you can do with 200k cash, THAT'S where it gets fun. maybe you lose 1k/mo in cashflow on the original portfolio (literally just made up a number, idk), but you can gain 2500/mo in cashflow with that 200k.. then doing the cashout/refi earned you a net increase in your monthly profit of 1500/mo, plus you're getting debt paydown and appreciation on "more" real estate, probably getting bigger tax benefits, etc.

If the rents are under less than the mortgage payment they will lend you the money at higher rate.

They are full service with reasonable rates.

They are good at what they do but interest rates have been scaring off potential buyers.

I think it was successful in that we got 63% open rate and a 12% click rate. 

Wish it were true, but every lender bases their rates off of Sofi or 10 yr Treasury, etc. 

Then with interest rates bounding upward, you and your buyer-customers are faced with ever higher financing costs...

Interest rates are high and prices are high.3) Yes it can be a great way to start snowballing money, but remember some critical parts.

There's an option for $50k loan amount as long as the value is $75k or higher....fees and rate will be bit higher than higher loan amounts.

Having a long-term lease at mid-term rates and not having to worry about keeping it booked, cleaned, or maintained sounds good.