I'd look into other methods of installing a covered pool if that's your goal.

Ideally, with the BRRRR method, you have no out of pocket money in the deal after refi and you earn infinite returns.You also need to calculate what the DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) if you're going to refi a property. 

This is the simplest method, but it also means your tenants are more likely to abuse the utilities by leaving windows open with the heat or A/C running, leaving lights on, ignoring the toilet that constantly flushes on its own, etc.3.

You can look into creative financing methods such as pulling a HELOC on your primary to use as a down payment for your next purchase, but your main priority still needs to revolve around the notion of saving appropriately.

The method I use:1.

Are you looking applying a BRRRR method?

Now, maybe the buy and hold method doesn't personally suit you, and that's what you're learning.

I was considering doing the same method just take out the pen and paper and insert Evernote.

Unfortunately, the majority of us Americans lack the "street" smarts it takes to broaden our desires to take our investments internationally.

The buyers I deal with in SoCal understand the fair trade of buying something for .50 cents on the dollar in exchange for handling their own quiet title.Has anyone else used that method?