Spend the extra money to have the wood post anchored by cement.

Im have started my private/hard money lending business and looking to have money partners to grow my business since I have ran out of my private money.

Now I just want to ask any of you out there would you build in my position or invest that same amount of money?

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

Also, everyone is anticipating much lower rates over the next 12-18months, so if you purchase today you will most likely refinance to a lower rate in the coming few years.With Real Estate it's important to remember not only that it is a long term investment, but that there are many ways to make money on the asset. 

Quote from @Jacob Haskins: It doesn't really matter where the money comes from.

I'm a newbie to real estate investing, so little words are very much appreciated :)Big picture if it helps: I'm exploring an all in one so I can plop extra savings into it until I'm ready to purchase additional properties and then can pull the money from the all in one for a downpayment elsewhere and then will continue to throw money into the all in one from my main job as I save for additional downpayments.

Over the years I picked business degrees, real estate license, tax preparation training, loan officer licensing and training, investment / CFP training and it is all tied together in one big connected body of knowledge that emphasizes appreciation, debt pay down, cash flow, and tax write-offs...  

If you have ever heard the saying you have to be in the game to win the game, I have found that you have to look for properties constantly to find the deal you want, but along the way you find a lot of other properties, that if you had your real estate license you could have made money on. 

And the simple task of directing the money to be sent to a second title company would constitute you having constructive receipt of the funds.