Having a partner can also propel you into larger property classes, if you are only relying on your capital you can only purchase what you alone can afford. 

I’ve waited 18 months for a deal before and it ended up changing my entire portfolio propelling me to a huge jump in my real estate 10 months later.

I challenge you to allow fear to propel you to move forward.

I can easily see those who adopt it now or already have those systems in place propelling their business to the next level. 

I just don't see a buy/hold generating the short term cash I want to further propel our portfolio in Q1.

General answers are not much use, an actual conversation with the right pros can propel you to the next step.

We were fortunate enough to link up with a skilled contractor looking to build a business (which we have done, we own a successful local painting company) and were able to form a partnership that has propelled us years in advance (on the contracting/renovation side) and allowed us to focus on building our acquisition business.

And, it's going to be the kind of innovative thinking you're doing to propel our businesses into the "new normal." 

Is this a completely crazy gamble, or is it an investment in your business that has a reasonable chance of propelling you forward and paying off?

I was able to start a real estate partnership with the owner of a property management company in town and I have read so many success stories in real estate where the investor talked about how the first deal was life altering and propelled them into more and more deals.