You can get a mortgage, or you can pay cash.

Purchase price: $200,000 Cash invested: $30,000 Single Family Residence holding on to.

Purchase price: $64,900 Cash invested: $16,000 1st property.

I used to manage my SFR portfolio but turning it over to a good PM was the best thing I ever did.Your indicate PM will cost $1000 a month in cash flow.

Specifically, I would encourage you to continue to seek local opportunities for equity growth as well as seeking out-of-state or upstate opportunities for cash-flow (i.e.

Great way to get your money working in a variety of real estate asset classes without the huge cash outputs typically needed. 

Purchase price: $550,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Sale price: $800,000 "Acquired a 3-unit beachfront property in Carolina Beach, renovated to increase rental value and resale potential.

Figure out how you want to handle you investing and what role real estate plays in that. 

Quote from @Anshuman Thakur: Can someone please shed some light on how- convert 401k to SD IRA- how to use SDIRA to buy properties- how much down payment is typically required if we are using SDiRA to only fund downpayment on a multifamily CRE, and which banks typically work with SDIRAs- how does LLC structure- property management and cash flow work in this situation?

If you’re not calculating cash flow, cap rates, and ROI, you’re flying blind.