Both the timing, and "whose cash", are the same events.First, you must flip your current cash (seed money), and reinvest all profits until your "seed money" has at least doubled.Second, continue to flip your now larger seed money. 

Buying properties for me is like planting seeds, the appreciation in time will amaze you years later.

I did a cash out refinance and use that as seed money to buy my next rental house.

. - Wayne Gretzky The day you plant the seed is not the day you get the fruit.

Fix: New $35 thermostat from the hardware store.Everything was running, but the condenser fins on the outside unit were full of dirt, pollen, cottonwood seeds, etc, so the system was blowing warm air. 

I am interested in starting to invest in real estate, and I am currently doing all the research I can while saving up the seed money.

I guess the decision is do I want to pay taxes on the seed or the harvest. 

Land sales, weekly agriculture report texts, reviews on seeds/fertilizers/equipment YouTube videos, podcasts. 

My husband put down some grass seed in the bare spots.

We live on a couple acres with plenty of room to do a bit of farming.I've got several Deere's already, I'd need a little stockpile of fuel and a nice selection of seeds and I'm in business.If the economy really goes to pieces and things start really going down hill, I'm pretty sure I could trade potatoes or corn for Gold or Silver all day long (not that I would though).Food, Water and Ammo would be King, no contest.