Someone who has millions of dollars.

I've tapped into my realtor connections to try to find an off market/unlisted deal, but many of those have cash buyers waiting to pick them up above asking and down here even a little grandpa/ma knows to ask for top dollar as someone is crazy enough to pay it...

I drove for dollars today and located a list of abandoned properties..They were all built in 1920 and earlier in Doswell, VA and complete reno's. 

School boards, especially in more urban districts are very aggressive looking for tax dollars.  

. ⏰ The average worker trades 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, and does that for 30+ years in exchange for heavily taxed dollars 🤯🤯🤯Passive real estate investing allows you to pool your money with other investors in a syndication to buy a property that will provide you all a return.

For example, could I sell a 5 million dollar office building and go buy a 10 million dollar portfolio of 100 SFHs that are individually deeded?

I would agree with the others above, option 2 looks much better in terms of having more cash out to acquire another property that will give more cashflow than the 100 dollars you "lose" from the refinance. 

The only books I recommend are probably Get Paid For Your Pad by Jasper Ribbers & Million Dollar Host by Julie George but there is a load of good podcasts out there.

Nationwide rates hit a lows - so there has really never been a better time "spread" wise.Moreover, the FED has printed so much money (~25% of all dollars in existence were created during COVID).

This is because inflation is constantly eroding the buying power of money, so you have to keep spending more dollars to buy the same items.