So we have a decent stash of personal assets.This year I moved the properties into an LLC, primarily so I could separate our personal assets from our properties.  

Or you can stash away another downpayment, move out, rent it out, & buy something else that you would live in. 

If that’s all the ammo I had I would stay away from older property as you will hit surprises, and I’m not talking about a stash of cash in the wall.

Even the simplest understanding of economics makes it clear that there is an opportunity cost when you take your CASH RESERVES out of the stock market (10%), a money market (5%) or wherever you're stashing them.Look at it this way, if you put $50K down on a $150K house to make it "cash flow", you may be able to brag at your monthly REI meetings about your cash flow, but you're giving up $5K-$6K/year in income.

If you have a healthy cash stash for each property, you can weather down turns and unexpected events more easily regardless of how leveraged you are.

Either you've got to earn a good amount more than your monthly commitments, or have a sizable stash, or both.

The gray shades are the new beige :)I do a shade of gray....cant recall the exact name......and I leave a can stashed away at the property.... in the attic or some other less than obvious location.....

You may use any source of income to add to your capital stash :-) Just realize that flipping is a job (sefl-employment) and is taxed accordingly.

I'm looking for recommendations on which vehicle I should use to stash some funds to be used at a later time.

This is also intended to be a "no cooking needed" stash.