Should you want to scale more quickly with less risk and leverage, the best option would be to house hack the next property as it will be easy to get the financing and based on your post it seems it could also enable you to save more, as I assume you’re currently renting, because someone else will be paying a part of your mortgage.

I am trying to scale my business up and not spend all my cash on one property, but instead use 20% for down payment and finance multiple properties.

Most cellular companies will negotiate with the tower companies at scale.

It’s just hard to scale if we have to wait six months on the seasoning period for every deal.

My concern is do I buy a property now or do I wait for a discounted market where I'm able to go buy 2 or maybe 3 properties with the similar amounts of capital therefor providing a kickstart, mitigate risks through lower costs, lower interest rates, more cash flowing properties and set myself on a greater initial trajectory to scale faster. 

I do need to build a solid team though and I feel like I could do that with a few smaller scaled properties/deals before moving up.

I understand, multi family has the advantage of more cashflow per door, cost savings through economies of scales, and increased appreciation whenever the NOI is increased.I do want to move to MF soon.

I've been learning so much and I'm glad I have had the chance to start on a small scale.

Partners influence scale and options but tend to want to share in decisions and profits.

I've got some equity in a rental, and I'm looking to scale up and buy more property.