A checking account is usually opened for those who wish to invest into alternative assets such as real estate.

We did a years lease in Boston, $2500 mo for a rabbit hutch, furnished with Ikea 2.8k and got about 15 cents on the dollar selling a year later (no one has a truck).

Upside to small town is lots of guys that want to keep their big trucks clean, and are willing to pay for a more premium wash.

There are other ways to do it, but exhaust your conventional financing avenues first before you start exploring alternatives but by all means, get the property under contract.Hope that helps.Stephanie

It is all marketing to convince people their home market is too expensive and difficult and this is an easy cheap alternative with great numbers.

We would really need to know your full financial picture including interest rates to advise properly.You may want to consider asking here for an alternate viewpoint: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance

The snow is coming, so you have to have a plan and not rely on the kindness of strangers (or tenants).On DIY: I see some smaller scale landlords with a plow on their truck (and it may pencil out if you have enough units or be ideal if you have one anyway to do a long driveway or private road to your home).

What would you recommend as a cheaper alternative for Seed Capital?

Currently I work as a Human Resource Specialist for Staffing Alternatives Inc (SAI) at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington, DC.  

LLCs are fine but have down side like extra filings, harder to get funding, etc.Just an alternate thought....