If you decide to take this kind of route, it's still very important to go in with a secure plan and also have at least 6 months of reserves. 

It's going to vary depending on your own income outside of investments, your age, your ultimate goals, whether you want/need the income to live off of, and all kinds of other considerations.

It helped me with kind of a 30,000 foot overview of investing.

Or take cash and pay the tax on their portion.Only your accountant will know whether this kind of drop and swap is possible without a tax event. 

That kind of net worth can go a long way if you’re trying to make a move.And that’s part of the reason why the share of all-cash buyers recently reached a new high.

I'm not comfortable with them, especially for the first 4 items.Would you kindly explain to me for each of them?

We should have a "good, bad and ugly" GP list for people to look up and avoid these GPs in the future.I wonder if anyone of you have heard of 711 Rescue and can let me know if this kind of company might be able to help the LPs.

House hacking still definitely works, just got to get a little more creative, maybe be willing to do some work (go find the worst house in the best neighborhood kind of thing).

Quote from @Jonathan Chan: What kind of rates are you getting on gap?

These kinds of foundations need to be maintained over the years.