I suggest working with an investor friendly agent so you can get the right guidance!  

Hey Cameron,Sorry for the delay,  in math terms 6% is 1.5 times 4%.However, for tax purposes it is not that simple, for your primary residence you get a lot of tax breaks such as not paying for schools, and an exemption of the first x $'s etc.  

You will have a long time out there working, so I suggest you go to college.

Does anybody have any thoughts/suggestions?

If you're re-starting your real estate journey and want to jump back in with detailed content that can help you hone in on what kind of investments you may want to make I have two personal suggestions - I just started the book "Start With Strategy" by Dave Meyer this weekend, and I already wish I had read this right away when I was getting into the idea of real estate.

.- One idea suggested is to put pebbles or small landscape stones.

Also, the rate at which new properties are being snapped up suggests that there is quite a bit of interest among the investing public.   

I suggested to my landlord if I came in with 60k, we borrow from a hard money lender (in this case his group) and offer 300k to close in 2 weeks.

Any suggestions? 

Awesome board with many smart people having own suggestions and ideas to grow wealth!!