hi there @Colin Dunne, welcome to the world of bpthere are many ways to go about investing in real estate and the truth is that there is no wrong way of going about it.as long as you #getstarted is the main thing, oh yes and don't lose money, there is some great information out there is on this website as well as youtube etc. the podcasts on here are amazing and they allow you to hear others successful stories as well as what was their motivation to get them going and continue pushing on.i'm soon starting my own meet up here in the area and bring in people that can help along the ways through this process,i'll keep you posted on the dates.

I would be also looking into reinvesting the earned cash flow therefore continuing to make business if I have a positive relationship with them. 

I am not smarter then google.I do not hate you b/c you are good.I do not feel stupid.I do not wish to continue arguing with you about this.I wish you luck in your en devours.Just for fun I thought i'd share my monthly web traffic as well

Beginning at about age forty we started slamming every spare dollar toward paying off our mortgages and within a few years paying cash for new properties and continuing to rid ourselves of debt.

I would take a HELOC as explained above.Combining both 1 and 2 allows for you to continue to build cash quickly and have enough money to get started.

So if one investor was selling a property for $100K and the other was selling a property for $200K they would need to purchase a property for at least $300K and investor A would need to take title as a tenant in common to 1/3rd of the property while investor B would take title to $2/3rds of the property as tenants in common.Once the 1031s have completed and cleared the two investors could continue as tenants in common and when they sell they could stay together or separate again. 

Here is the quick and dirty; I am late cashing out an investor due to the fact that my account is currently frozen due to some red flags on how I was moving money in and out (newer account, a few failed closings, so monies came in and out of escrow, so the activity looks weird) The bank is doing some kind of anti money laundering investigation, which I am not worried about at all.

The investigation is incomplete, but is suspected to have started outside the home.

-To your continued success-

But I believe it is going to continue appreciate at-least for next few years.