My job is to find funds (expansion and venture capital) for small to medium sized businesses.

You would need to saw cut the concrete open so that you have about 12" of open width around the crack.

I wasn’t sure where I wanted to start, I either wanted to go safe with a medium investment or aggressive with various small investments.

For Example triplex's need to have a Min Lot width, min rear yard depth and min side yard length.

I have a 401K that is working beautifully, but once you start drawing from that you are giving yourself a deadline to being broke.I am still learning, and I want to get started on my first deal soon, but I also would like to get into medium apartment buildings, as in 10+ units.  

Somewhere in the middle, is a happy medium, I think, as an investor. 

Unless you find the next Microsoft or Apple (and wait 30 years) you can't do that with any other medium!

The typical equity deal is medium-term at 3 to 5 years. 

I'm currently thinking of the following breakdown:600k in Fundrise (seems safe and low effort)500k in a triple net commercial property in a growing neighborhood in Arizona currently housing a BMO bank500k in a multiunit apartment complex deal with a friend and possibly including my brother who is also getting $2.5M300k in one or more local single family homes, Airbnb or long term rental (I think my current market has a lot of room for growth)200k in medium risk CrowdStreet investments200k in gold100k in cryptocurrencies50k for higher risk investments50k in cashI feel like stocks are way overpriced at the moment, and don't feel attracted to bonds (though to be honest, I haven't done a lot of research on bonds).

If they ignore that reality, that is their problem.Just from the outside looking in, Zillow Instant Offer appears to be operating as a medium in the underbelly of the wholesaler space,  not the retail agents' turf.Zillow is trying to vet the cash investors of not retail-ready homes for the sellers.