He uses mortgage ETFs “sparingly,” mostly in tax-advantaged accounts, and recommends that investors don’t exceed a 3% to 5% allocation to the sector.

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In terms of cash, I have conservatively allocated 20k for my house hack. 6125 (3.5% of down payment) + 4000 (closing costs) + 7000 (6 months of cash reserves to maximize the rental income I can pull from the other units to help me qualify) = 17.125k.

Only a 1% allocation from Wall Street would cause a mania unlike you've ever seen before. 

I would allocate this money the following way, but not invest all of the money at once.

Once you account for kitchen supplies and a never-ending list of small things around the house, you can easily allocate $2,000 to the overall supplies category.Appliances - if you’re lucky, your property already comes with everything included.

@Andrew LentzI'm not sure what your experience is in Corporate America, but you might want to allocate some of your mental bandwidth for adjusting to this brave new world you are about to enter.

I've not been working at this long enough to have encountered major sticking points yet, but of what I can foresee:Being that I'm experimenting with this and want to keep the other parts of my FI goals intact, I've set an RE allocation for my overall portfolio and I'm trying to stay disciplined about it.

How's the parking lot expense allocated?

That said....Your post seemed a little bit like you're unsure how you want to allocate your money.