Either you've got to earn a good amount more than your monthly commitments, or have a sizable stash, or both.

The gray shades are the new beige :)I do a shade of gray....cant recall the exact name......and I leave a can stashed away at the property.... in the attic or some other less than obvious location.....

You may use any source of income to add to your capital stash :-) Just realize that flipping is a job (sefl-employment) and is taxed accordingly.

I'm looking for recommendations on which vehicle I should use to stash some funds to be used at a later time.

This is also intended to be a "no cooking needed" stash.

Not taxable until exercised for me and a store of value and cash stash for the Optionee. 

There are several commitments that go along with this, but you can stash a lot of cash with a conservative return on a flexible basis. 

So I think the two jokers were trying a identity theft scheme on me.

I can offer some great conversation, a good joke, real estate chat/advice, and I’ll cook you (and your household) a great dinner!

As we see other countries attempting to deal with their small stash of cash, I'm afraid their decisions will also affect us here in this country eventually.