And while putting together a whole bunch of highly leveraged properties that throw off little cash but have accelerated debt pay of fcan be a great strategy for someone in heavy growth mode like you.

@Gerich FellermannIt's hard to do tax planning without looking at your return but I'll throw this out there:Income taxes are lower than they have been in decades.We're likely to be in a higher tax situation sometime in the futureYour income is lower than usual since you're starting a new businessMaybe paying the tax now at a relatively low marginal rate is actually the smart tax plan?

That is one option.Another is to get you a brokerage account set up and pick a few REITs or RE funds to throw some money into.

Is there opportunity here that I'm not seeing that others can help me to see, or can someone throw a bucket of cold water on me and tell me that I could buy these 4 units for $500,000 and lose all my equity when the land lease expires in 2052, OR I could be sensible and put my time and money into something that has a 1% return AND that will have "guaranteed equity" when everything is all said and done?

For all the experienced investors out there, where would you search/go for funding to do a deal on a distressed property, if it’s your very first deal, you have $20,000 of your own money to throw into it, and you want to do the BRRRR method?

Throw in $15K for repairs and $2K for closing and holding and that keeps you around $35K

Throw a couple pot lights in the bulkhead while you’re at it and make it a less ugly “feature”.

Here are just a few of my thoughts to throw out there. 

For example, he said that his wife almost cut his hand throwing the trash left by neighbors and he, crazy Joe, might be suing me for that.

If your current job and financial situation are stable, then I don't see any reason why you shouldn't purchase a primary residence and stop throwing money away on rent.