Cash to invest (enough for deposits, skin in the game lenders want you to have, closing costs, carrying costs, and to kick off rehab work).2.) 

But HSA is a game changer.

Hey :)New young investor, trying to buy my first rental, the game plan is a Section 8 rental in DFW.How can I check the demand for section 8 housing in a specific zip code?

Being novices in the game we do not have the legal or business background to know where to begin on accepting funds.

While your coworkers are at Happy Hour or football games, the REI may be knee deep in it.

I’m looking to continue buying in Las Vegas and am interested in the mid term renal game. 

You don't get better roi -- build a nice monthly income with a couple props in this realm and then move on to a "better" area to play the lower returns hopeful appreciation game - or consider single family, flipping etc.  

And only listen to multi millionaires IN THE GAME.

I've spent way too much money on them and their promises over the past 20 years, and lost too much in the game. 

As you have mentioned in the past, you should not put more than 10-15% of your money in one investment - so if you have $500k and want to throw $50k ok - but it still hurts. if its your first and only 50k, there are plenty of other opportunities out there to get in the game for lessFor many - Goes back to greed and FOMO as well, last few years everyone and their brother wanted to jump in on the STR and MF space because of these great returns - no different than NFT's and bitcoin before that, but when something moves up quickly, it typically drops pretty quickly as well.