Seed Capital allows you to buy more expensive more profitable properties2.

If you're making $500 per month vs. losing $500 per month it's a $1K swing that could seed (or accelerate) you next property purchase.  

Through this club I have made connections with a professor who generously offered up to $50,000 in seed money to fund my first real estate deal.

:) The problem with that strategy is it ties up my seed cash in one home for a year.

Is "seed" an industry term for a piece of mail sent as a test? 

It is a culture that has taken a while to create and weeding out a few bad seeds, but we have accomplished it. 

I had the stump ground out and some new soil/seed put in.Hope this helps.

I now have the seed money I need to properly promote my business.

Don't spend your seed money on a course telling you how to spend your money. 

I'll be digesting this for awhile.The question on whether to use my cash as seed capital vs direct cash is one that will take a lot more reading on my part, plus likely copious amounts of math.