Cash flow (and all profits for that matter) is to be recycled back into the business until it grows and compounds enough to cover all of your expenses with reasonable margin.

If you compound 3% higher return on all investments over a 30 year period, we are talking a lot of money.  

Would we have fewer problems in this country if kids learned about credit card debt, mortgage amortization, pros and cons of leverage, compound interest, etc?  

In a Roth account, you are taxed on the initial contribution, but all growth you create is tax free.The growth the plan receives over time compounds the tax-sheltering, as the investment gains are not eroded each year by taxation. 

I put 35k of the proceeds towards the first property purchase i made in the US when i moved here, this one property grew into a almost 1,5M portfolio within 3years, creating enough cashflow to buy / build another car WITHOUT having to work 14h days - but after seeing the compounding effect of putting that cash back into Real Estate, it really helps separating the WANTS from the NEEDS 🤯That beeing said - I still do get to "scratch the itch" from time to time on the track, and have a little project in the garage (actually in the garage of one of my rentals, and i only spend money on it when i close a new deal).

My question is I suppose how to raise £50,000 for a down payment asap so I can start compounding the profits. 

And while compound interest is the greatest slave, it is the harshest master.It's taken 4 years to get to where we are, so what we are doing is not working.

It's pretty simple math and when you start to add compounding over 10 or 20 years the numbers get much bigger.That said... there is something to be said for financial independence. 

  If you have 30,000 and can compound it at a annual rate of 10% per year for 118.19 months you will have a little over 80,000. 

It will grow at 5 - 7% tax free compounded.