How have their funds performed?

Beyond the stigma, if managed property they are often a superior asset with respect to debt coverage/DSCR, cash flow, and financial performance compared to many other asset types.  

More passive, move out of California, diversify geographically more, etc.Good morning Henry and thanks for responding.Here are my answers and for sake of efficiency, I'll try to keep them short unless further elaboration is helpful.1) The right SS option is one that will continue performing at the inflation/CPI adjusted income level that I buy it at and is not at risk of devaluing due to area specific real estate prices (ie: I want to avoid areas/operations with falling demand/population). 

If possible get a 4 unit and a basement, that would be ideal and create major cash flow and equity creation, plus you can not worry about a property manager and boost your yield.

I like this quote from your blog "When I was first starting out in 2011 I was flipping properties...using bank funding and performing all the work myself...it sucked.?" 

They're not making any more land between Denver and the mountains so this area will continue to perform well.

Some areas and properties are just better long-term rentals, others could see a boost in ROI from going short-term.

It has performed really well.

My property managers are all incorporated so its my understanding that no 1099 misc needs to be issued by me to them for their monthly retained fee, they in turn do issue 1099s to all unincorporated independent contractors that perform work on my properties.So even though I do claim 199A QBI benefits for all my Rental Real Estate activities (as they satisfy the 162 trade or business standard), I assume there is still no requirement that I file a 1099 Misc as I make no payments to unincorporated independent contractors?

If the latter, how's it performing?