With debt, some seed capital, and time, you can generate huge amounts of wealth and when the loan is paid off all that wealth sits in great asset for wealth preservation. 

Also, it'd be great to hear about the process of the first deal-what you learned that you used as seed for the next success.

The grass will green up soon enough, but if you have any bare patches, now is the time to get that seed down - don't delay.I would not go as far as you or others have suggested - just no need.

The fund was seeded with oil royalties from about 1975 to 1985.

It's much more like farming where you plant seeds, nurture and water over time before you get to the harvest that feeds you for a long time.Lastly....follow up. 25% of my entire business comes from following up with people who tell me "no" the first time.

To grow your seed fund I'd recommend selling something, or putting a group of people together to seek out a large value add opportunity.

Please put me down for a seed donation of $1, in the name of the All-Holy Virgin Mary and all the Saints.

you're in the business of planting seeds. 

Bunch of whiners.  1/2 inch of ice and everyone thinks the Chinese balloons seeded Ice crystals over Texas

The fewer units you have and shorter time you are operating, the better odds you have of not reaping the seeds that you sow..