However, that is only the beginning and where the work starts is in making sure all of that capital is deployed and making a return for you and your investors.

It's time to deploy your capital once you have a 6 months emergency supply of cash on hand, and can save a high enough % of cash after servicing your debts and living expenses.  

The people that you talk to on this site have most likely have already seen already what you are asking and deploy their experience to answer your questions.Good luck and post all the questions that you have on this site!

It’s for capturing long-term appreciation strategically at a lower point in the cycle, when it can be deployed to obtain bargains on great assets.  

The idea that the average joe can go pick up a $25k property off the shelf, rented and ready to go, in a decent neighborhood here in Indianapolis is misleading at best, and straight up untrue at worst.I recommend you deploy the $50k into one property that will lease for $800+, and is worth $75k+, where you can BRRRRR your money and do the same thing over again.

But now you're dealing with most likely a low cap rate situation, which is ok if you're well capitalized and can be ok with low returns, but I would venture out to say that majority of people on BP are not sitting on millions of dollars just waiting to be deployed.

My goal is to be financially free and stable to the point where i can be there for my family and not worry about when im deploying again.

The last year I have been doing this investment thing while deployed, I don't think I would encourage anyone to do it unless you have a reputable mgmt with a long history of success.

I make Private Loans to people I know (NOT soliciting any more borrowers - all funds are deployed) I buy stocks or index funds for diversification, and I am the boss, which fits perfectly with my control-freak nature.There are rules, of course.

You will never know everything, but if you learn to avoid 1 or 2 large mistakes then that education has paid for itself.Just my 2 cents.Years ago, I had a large sum of capital come into my hands only to squander it away quickly because I didn't have the financial education on how to properly deploy that capital and let it work for me.