@Precious Thompson I had a buyer ready and able to buy as soon as I got my license...I was actually holding him up since it took a little bit to get 'on-boarded' to my brokerage and the MLS in order to actually do anything official. 

Newbie from Illinois. Been stacking for 5 years Biting at the bit to jump into RE. Look at deals almost everyday.
Need Help understanding if PM, as collateral, can be my spring board to a RE purchase, without cashin...

If you don't like the opportunistic people, don't give them your precious time and energy.   

I love to say I am an investor, which I am (stocks, precious metals, real estate), but the reality now is that my wife and I also hold high paying jobs at $120K-$130K each, which enable me to purchase these good deals, but prevent me from doing the work myself and obtain "the best deals".

On our now-daily long walk with our dog in Colorado Springs yesterday, we ran into a jewelry shop owner on the sidewalk in downtown who said he was going to shut down.

Turn off the cable, return the latest iPhone to the store, sell your jewelry, downgrade your car, list useless stuff around your home on ebay, get a roommate, whatever it is, figure out a way.

The more they print (all the gov't bailouts announced for banks/businesses, and the "stimulus" for citizens) and buy create new bonds that have to be paid by future tax dollars, the more I think we should all be buying precious metals/hard assets to protect from the raging inflation that will likely come.

I'm going long on precious metal mining stocks.

I am so fortunate that I have families and friends who trust me enough with their own precious money that I have private money to invest. 

You could consider some private lending, multi-family or commercial real estate, or other non-real estate assets such as precious metals (a hedge with a small allocation only, of course) or digital currencies.