I am playing things way to tight and need to stash some more reserves away instead of spending money on improvements as soon as I have enough saved up.The good thing is that I am addressing maintenance issues preventative, which will cut down on my capex outlays in the future.

This is why people in Finland are stashing Money in their microwaves.

After thinking it through, though I saved a bit on capital gains tax, there's nothing else in it for me, and I have to worry that someone will know I have $100,000 stashed somewhere.

When I move in over there in a month and her roommate is out we plan on doing this with the spare room as much as we possibly can to save on rent and keep stashing cash.

Run from these jokers, they're hiding behind that BS.Can't wait to hear about the rest.

If you do not plan on keeping the property place an ARM o it for the length of time you intend to keep it and make it cash flow like crazy so you can build your stash of cash.no matter what you are in a good place Matt! 

Obviously cash is the way to go but be sure to stash lots of extra to cover the learning curve on management of that many units.

Every joker in town will come use it.

Get a few dead presidents stashed away.Also if you are planning on racking up some school debt, learn about Coverdell tax free accounts. 

Don't think Kyle will be able to do a HELOC on his Texas property as it appears Texas Law doesn't allow HELOC on Investment Properties.Kyle's $20K stash would still allow him to purchase FHA .