When deciding where to stash your cash, consider high-yield savings accounts with an aim for 3% or more APY—they're easily accessible and earn some interest.

Benaiah Grimes@Benaiah Grimes - I forget if I answered your other question re down payment, but we were fortunate enough to have a "stash" and so I put 20-25% down on everything.

The good news is, if you invest in real estate correctly, there will be a time where your income surpasses your expenses and you'll want to stash some extra cash away into retirement accounts anyway for the tax savings, so it is not a zero sum game.

You'd be using borrowed HELOC money as the down payment to borrow MORE money on a second property, and they want you to have skin in the game, as well as something stashed away in cash reserves.HELOCs are like a credit card -- at a fraction of the 18% the cards are charging. 

Stocks have been my fund stash to make a return on that money until I can find a rental.

😅)*I will be starting school for Software Engineering online and will be stashing away the tuition assistance payments I will be receiving, as my full education is taken care of.

If you are in a fast appreciation area, you can still get that HELOC later to add onto your cash stash.

Then live on a small amount and stash some for some properties.

Right now I am stashing money away in a savings account earning 2% (not a lot, but better than most savings accounts).

Are you in a situation where you have ample amounts of cash (high income earner) and are looking to stash it in houses?