However, your situation has some details you should consider.

No doubt if you do it right the sooner you can buy the better you will be in the long run provided it’s a good deal and you have the capital to stay in the game.Not sure if this helps but after reading Marcus’s post it changed my outlook on your situation and I wanted to provide an update to my initial response.

I am hoping to get a few suggestions for the best use of the money/situation that I have available to start.

Currently I keep a 6 month reserve in a HYSA. What are your strategies to max yield and liquidity?

Quote from @Tim Kirchner: Recently been promoted to store manager at a major flooring store just North of Houston.

You still have to store their goods in case they "return"?

In store one lawn fertilizer gives the discount and the other brand didn't.  

They have the experience and expertise to build a robust online store, optimize its conversion rate and handle the technical issues involved in creating a successful eCommerce platform.

Some basic co-living principles: Choose an area that's B+-C+, check zoning/unrelated persons rules, have lots of parking, decent sized rooms, a decent amount of shared area, rules that ALL abide by, streamline each and every process (several software's do this for co-living), enforce rules and checkin regularly (unless there's a house manager for larger properties), have a professional cleaner do the common areas at least once per month, define everything: processes in the house, who cleans what and when, where they can store their dishes and to clean right away, how conflicts will be dealt with, etc.

I go to a used appliance store , I pick up a used washer for $250 with a 30 day warranty , they have lasted me years