Self fund first property or get loan?

[Shawn Nofziger]

My wife and I are both six figure earners. We have the means to self fund two to four properties off the bat.  I know there are pros and cons to each side of this question but is it better to self fund your first deal or to put a down payment for a real estate investment loan? What seems to be the overall consensus on this question? And if the answer is well it depends, what does it depend on?

And my apologies I should have prefaced this by saying I am very new with all of this and am trying to put together a roadmap and plan for where I want to go with everything. I love that there is a forum for being able to ask questions like this in and get a great responses back. I really appreciate it