28 Years Old, $200K to Invest—What Would You Do?

I’m 28 years old and looking for some advice from investors who have been where I’m at.

Right now, I own my first investment property, which was a house hack. My fiancée and I are getting married soon, and we’re planning to sell her house. After the sale, we expect to have around $200,000 in equity available to invest.

I also recently earned my real estate license. At the moment, I work a blue-collar job, but my long-term goal is to transition into real estate full-time. I’d like to leave my current job as soon as it makes financial sense and focus on building a real estate business.

If you were in my position with $200,000 to invest, what would you do?

Would you:

• Buy rentals for long-term cash flow?
• Focus on fix-and-flips?
• Buy foreclosures?
• BRRRR properties?
• Use the money as leverage to purchase small multifamily?
• Keep a portion in reserves and invest the rest?

My goal is to build enough income and experience that I can make real estate my full-time career. I’d really appreciate hearing what strategy you’d choose if you were starting over today with this amount of capital, and why.

Thanks in advance for any advice, I genuinely appreciate everyone willing to share their experience.