But right now, I'm using my stash that I had set aside for my next deal to get into the stock market.Originally posted by Account Closed ! 

I foresee a large group of investors who have been stashing cash while the market was at an all time high in recent years trying to buy their first homes. 

However, some people use this strategy if they have cash from somewhere else (another sale, another investment that cashed out, a high paying contract job, etc) and they want to stash the cash for tax purposes.  

I guess I've been stashing everything away into 401k and Roth up to this point.

We are using private money (business partners, family, friends and coworkers) plus our own cash to rehab a duplex and then will finance into a more traditional loan to repay the private money and replenish our stash.

I truly thought I had to have a big stash to get started.

If done well, neither you or your co borrower would be out of pocket other than maybe building and keeping a stash for CapEx. 

@Ryan Landis are you suggesting that there could be people stashing away $2500 per month (you said $25k but I think you meant $2.5k per month)?

I've always got creative financing stashed in my back pocket if I'm lucky to find the opportunity.Many people will dream about investing in real estate.

I am educating myself on BiggerPockets (BP) and stashing away cash to acquire my first buy & hold property.