(I'm not going negative burning savings)How much cash in HYS would you want to have?

I think this is a paper storm that won't do anything other than burn my time.

Come on mate, I’ve been in this game for way too long and I’ve seen the manipulation that goes on with many turnkey companies offering finance over the last 10 yearsAnd let’s not even get into the turnkey marketing sales companies pushing as many houses via financing just to get a fat commission on every property soldNot giving two dimes if an investor is solvent, and if they can afford it… 

I'm learning about BRRRR strategy right now, and would love to utilize it, however dont want to burn all my capital on one property.

Therefore, it's time to utilize the limited time I have to accelerate this process as quickly as possible without burning out or failing.

I've seen a lot of investors burned this way.

Standalone brick and mortars like compass are the ones that are burning through money and taking it from the agent and customer

What it seems like you are doing right now is stretching and rushing.You have a good nest egg for your annual salary, you don't want to burn that all and have to wait a few years to build it back up again.

If a STR has a typical homeowner's policy and just Aircover, and the property burns or a tree falls on the home, it will not be covered at all because it was operating as a business under a homeowner's policy.  

I think house hacking is the easiest way to build wealth over time and I would hate to see you get burned out on a riskier investing strategy before you get started