Interest income is interest income, unless you decided to roll some of the current cash into a self directed IRA at which point your interest income would be deferred for a later time and allow your funds to grow tax free.

My goal is to try and get a multifamily property a month or two after starting my job once I have the paychecks rolling in, to show my financial advisor.

I have been rolling those kind of questions around in my mind and with my wife and I think I’d like to go as deep as possible but I have a lot to learn! 

You can get there...just gotta get the snowball rolling down the hill whether it is real estate or other investments.

Love the idea of rolling them together into a larger property and have a company then manage.

When analyzing properties, it's helpful to run a rental stress test to see if the deal can withstand unexpected challenges.

Hi Tiffany,A good strategy could be testing one unit as a midterm rental when a tenant moves out.

You can test your mailer, you can test your list, you can test your message.

Mainly the "self sufficiency test". 

Failed septic tested properties13.