Me personally......I'd take about 200K and lend throughout the state.

@TJ Case this is always a tough thing to me when one person is "the contractor".

Goal of 6 properties in total (including personal home)2016The plan: Ramp up my purchasing schedule - having built more resources, developed a level of comfort and understanding of the processes of deal finding, purchasing strategies, and other aspects of buy and hold investing.

My personal opinion is that having savings in hard assets such as Gold, Silver, and BTC may be a good idea but I have not heard of any companies that would do that transaction. 

More than 50% test.You must have spent more than 50% of your working time during the tax year performing personal services for a real property trade or business.

Given the complex nature of investments and personal finance, I want to make sure I'm making informed decisions right from the start.From what I understand, a fiduciary financial advisor is someone legally obligated to put my interests ahead of their own, which sounds reassuring.

I'm a credit union person overall- it can be a little less friendly for multiple accounts, sharing funds ect. 

This approach enabled us to kickstart the project without personal financial input.

TBH - property managers are going to vary, and you are going to want to likely interview them in person. 

The possibilities for additional MF properties after a few years of growth seem to be more achievable versus having to have a chunk of personal cash down.