@Joseph LumaThose look like the stair cases they use on naval vessels.

That said, personally investing for net worth growth and to help to support / transform a community a bit, the $$$'s are just the vessel to do it with. 

You are referring to money put into a bank account or a house or any other vessel as a “cost”, when I think what you mean is maybe “opportunity cost”.

I am trying to learn the "new" real estate game and this site is an awesome vessel.

Always wanting to set sail as quickly as possible with a map to success drawn in haste, this vessel I build with each interested subject is never seaworthy, having a leaky hull and torn sails where vital information is missing.

Right now I am putting 5% of each paycheck into that vessel and can pull it at any time, the only issue would be potential capital gains taxes.I estimate that I have about 10K of liquid money right now to get started, plus the options above. 

We've administered 1031 Exchanges on many cars, trucks, vessels, airplanes, etc.

How about a vessel sink in hand-blown glass?

Boater can be charged at least  $1.00 per linear feet of vessel.

(a) The provisions of the first sentence of section 1033(b) may be illustrated by the following example:Example:A's vessel which has an adjusted basis of $100,000 is destroyed in 1950 and A receives in 1951 insurance in the amount of $200,000.