So I look at it as more than just helping the individual person I look at it as helping anyone who would read that question in the future too. 

Quote from @Yianni Hahalis: Hi all,I will soon be moving to Cleveland, OH and either renting or buying in the surrounding area with my future spouse.

congrats. to many more projects in the near future. best of luck on your journey

Instead:401(k) loans: They’re low-interest, and you’re paying yourself back.Roth rollovers If you can afford the taxes now, this gives future flexibility.Creative financing: I’ve seen clients leverage partnerships or seller financing to limit retirement fund withdrawals.One thing to consider: real estate markets today are vastly different from a decade ago.. so opportunities may require extra creativity.Have you looked into specific deals yet?

Getting a FincenID makes it easy if you have more than one or expect future updates. 

It is not really apples to apples, but generally speaking the more money invested the further ahead you will be eventually in the future, just because your compounding base is higher, regardless of where the money comes from - ie, 4 300k properties are 1.2 million on property, which is double the 600k property.

But this will also lead to future inflation.The issue is going to be the rich will get richer as they can live with lower cash flow but gain appreciation.

To beat 5.25% mortgage rate....the corresponding, offsetting stock market return would be at least double that...To answer your question requires (1) knowing what risk adjusted return you will be able to earn in the future (2) knowing what interest rates will do in the future.  

I have a lot of other investing ideas as well that I hope to be able to use in the near future as well. 

Once you trim it down to the better properties you can be pickier on deals in the future.