Now, your pot of funds are in a Roth completely tax free.Since you can only put earned income into these tax advantage accounts, you want to put in as much as possible while you are earning income. 

You probably don’t want a housemate making a ton of noise in the kitchen cooking a 5 course meal while another housemate is trying to concentrate on an important conference call.

@Cedric Van Duyn it depends on what you suspect, if you think they are cooking meth then arrange for inspections routinuely so you can identify issues as this will greatly impact neighbors and you because of chemicals used.  

I view that as "cooking the books" if doing it to make a deal pencil out. 

I was certain, but could not prove, that one side was dealing drugs due to lack of job, constant smell of pot in the apartment and rent always being paid in cash.

There is no pot of gold at the end of that rainbow.

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Hello Ryan,I would start with @Brian Burke book "Hands off Investor" as well as some other books such as "Investing in Real Estate Private Equity" by Sean Cook. 

If you are not willing to go through the pain then look for a different market.If you are willing to deal with all of the headaches and fight for years, my experience has shown me that there is a pot of gold on the other side.

I personally wouldn't know what do to with a small pot of money just sitting there.