While I agree cash is meant to be deployed, it's not the rate it earns or doesn't earn in the dry powder stage, it's the opportunity to buy what others can't. 

People have been prophesizing excessive inflation for a decade now and it has not happened. 

My rule is no excessive texting, no instant gratification.

She said she had a paper from her Dr. I

I took a few videos that you can see the basement (basement wet 1& basement wet 2)   We generally like the neighborhood and the house, but the wet basement is our biggest concern about the house at the moment.We definitely want to be safe and take all precautionary measures to ensure the basement and home stay dry and warm and will want to repair and invest in basement waterproofing.Would you consider a house with water in the basement? 

Same here, I’ve been talking to local wholesalers but seems the market is pretty dry at the moment.

The CARES Act placed a moratorium on foreclosures, which has dried up of the foreclosures market.

Funds can offer anywhere from 6% IRR Up to double digits depending on the operator and the type of fund. performing note funds are on the lower scale of 6-8% because lower risk, non performing funds can be slightly higher and be have a pref with a percentage of excess distributions back to the investors.

The CARES Act placed a moratorium on foreclosures, which has dried up of the foreclosures market.

You should read the SS-4 instructions very carefully if you intend to DIY.While $1,200 may be a bit excessive to obtain an EIN, one can clearly see the benefit of (paid) professional help based on your OP.