We paid for the house like it was a single family home, and stashed the rental income away in a separate account.

NOW, if its your life savings and money you will rely for an immediate big purchase or you tap into that cash-stash then finance it. 

The goal is to live from the cash flow of the properties while trying to stay employed, and stashing as much cash as I can into retirement plans before I hit retirement age.  

I've got a little money stashed away.

I have some money stashed away to finance a deal, but not nearly enough to make up a 20% down payment on the type of house I'd like to move into in the city I am looking in.

I recommend building up a stash of cash and equity lines and preparing for potential fallout in 1-3 years from now.

Use debt to make money and stash your money to the side, once this bubble pops (I give it 5 years) then take all this stashed money and obtain buy and holds, once the market improves sell the inventory and then repeat to you die you will be a rich man.

When the truck arrived with the frozen turkeys, they would be handed out and employees who didn't have cars to take them to would stash them where they could until quitting time.  

We're stashing away money this year to comfortably start purchasing buy and hold rentals.  

I gave some money stashed, should I pay off off the credit cards?