Interested in REI, have cash, buy with loans or pay cash?

[Billy James]

I've interested in getting into REI in the next couple years. I'm curious. Say I've got 300k in the bank, am I better off paying cash for my initial units, or taking investor loans? I suppose from a risk perspective, I should take the loans, so if I default, I've still got my cash invested elsewhere.

Or on the flip, will the cash get me into better deals than the folks using loans? Advice is appreciated.