With the idea of "we can turn money today into more money tomorrow by investing it," I place most of this within a taxable brokerage account where it grows based on the market broadly speaking.

Any money you touch would be taxable. 

By the time you add in the $120/month for their regular fee - they would make $2,640 in a year with 1 tenant placement.

If I require a separate EIN then I would just make regular LLCs.

Some landlords report that it regularly takes around six months to start receiving direct deposits from the government.

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It depends a lot on your risk profile and regular income.

are any of these regular tax deed sales?

Great information from regular, experienced contributors whose opinions I value.

Or, once you finish your exchange you can immediately do a cash out refi, which is not a taxable event and you can use that for any purpose you want.