I feel this strategy will work best for me since I can continue to recycle my initial working capital over and over again which will allow me to scale quicker.The end goal is to have a large cash flowing portfolio which I'm prepared to work full-time at to ensure that I succeed.

People who hold large sums of cash outside the bank generally do so for the purpose of tax evasion.

It says that in order to get ahead in the Real Estate game and be able to scale quicker than just by saving new deposits every time, you should look at paying no more than 70% what sold comps are going for - and that includes your anticipated rehab and holding costs before renting it out (or selling it).

I am gearing up to close on another deal, this time using private lenders to provide a large portion of the down payment. 

Its a commercial property  it's like one unit ,  one very large unit  it would be great  for a bank  or  fast food restaurant with drive-thru.

Taking a large distribution from an IRA - inherited or otherwise - creates a significant tax liability.If the purpose of the property is purely investment, then it will be best to make that investment within the existing IRA umbrella.An inherited IRA can be converted to self-directed format. 

I used the VA loan which was a pretty large advantage.

I have the opportunity to join a large national firm (SVN) or a small boutique firm where I would be jack of all trades.

We think we can get a large chunk of our money back as a down payment and then the 15 year note will be close to what we could rent it for.

Beating out large metro cities such as Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Houston, etc.