As the market cap grows, the volatility will lessen.

To supplement my down payment, I have secured $50k via gift and inheritance.

I cannot give tax or legal advice, but this is based on my understanding (recently dealt with an inherited property).

Then the trust beneficiaries (my sister and I) inherit the properties at the stepped up cost basis.  

Purchase price: $236,000 Cash invested: $10,000 This October, I began renting out a property that I inherited from my mother, creating a steady cash flow each month from the rental income.

@Andrew Syrios's example of a pari passu capital call is the most straightforward and typical approach but with it, there is an inherit issue and that issue is valuations.

What would you do in this scenario and why?If you had 50k in credit card debt for business startup costs (not real estate) with a 3-4-year plan to pay it off, high debt utilization in the meantime and a 620 credit sco...

I want my involvement in managing my future properties to lessen, becoming more "passive".

We're never going to fix this supply problem for housing unless we can juice the number of builds getting done to where its back to normal (i.e. pre boom times from 2005 to 2008).The federal government should do the exact same thing to stretch the money.  25k down payment assistance for first time home buyers who buy new construction homes as a no interest loan payable only upon sale or transfer (i.e. if the person dies and someone inherits, that 25k could be called due). 

Now, as background information, up until Washington’s land purchases, almost all land was obtained either through land granted by the crown to a Lord, or through inheritance being the first born son.