I have a good nest egg of my own personal money, but don't want to tie up my own funds right now. 

My husband and I are living near New Orleans and would like to find a way to participate in the market there.Our goal is to find some independent income and build a nest egg for our family!

Andy I was 26 years old a gym rat and in nest shape of my life then.

Now I have seen the light and I have banked a nest egg to get into the multi-family dwelling side of things.

Thus he finds himself in a bad loan, with houses nobody really wants, and a loan that no other bank would want to touch.The only nest-egg my dad has from all this is about $50,000 in equity from all properties combined.

Depending on comps and market value after repairs, I would suggest that if you need to barrow the money from a friend or family member, a fix and flip may be the best situation for you until you build a "nest egg."  

As I'm sure applies with all investors, I would rather use the majority of my nest egg for re-investment but like you said it's your passion so... don't feel guilty for it.

We want to keep the resulting nest egg liquid.

2) Are there ways to creatively and expeditiously grow capital for FTHB that wont require me to resort to a diet of rice and beans and lifestyle of coupon clipping for the nest 24 months?

In the last 25 years I have a friend who used the house-hacking idea to buy 4 properties so as he retires early next year he'll have a nice lil nest egg.