-PatrickA high yield savings account has a number of advantages.

I would focus on saving enough money that if I had a deal go bad, then that money I saved was there to cover it. 

Quote from @Gloria N Gear: Quote from @Owen Rosen: Quote from @Gloria N Gear: Goosehead Insurance -- I saved about $1300 across 5 properties and increased my coverage. 

If you have $100k saved up, maybe you can afford to try out a well-vetted coach. 

I used a property manager (before I was one) for (1) time & headache savings and (2) the value the property managers provide by economies of scale (marketing, discounts with vendors, etc.).

Keep saving money. 

Over 2K a month in costs savings to the building.

When cycle gets tougher then those marginal agents sales dry up and they go back to that j-o-b especially since they did not save and spent all their money on trips, bigger houses, nicer cars,etc.Good LuckI hope you are one of the few that make it long term. 14 years in the business and still having record sales year after year.The best nugget of info I can give is constantly out learn your competition.

This way, you can easily revisit details and pick up right where you left off.Avoid cutting corners to save money, as it often costs more in the end.

It wasn’t pretty, but that’s how I scaled up buying and holding 29 SFR without using my savings to acquire these houses.