Surprisingly I think I like the SFR, (lower maintenance costs and tenant interactions per cash flow dollars).

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Taking action is going to meetups (go to as many as you can), interacting with other real estate investors, here and looking at real estate.But, you said "I feel that I am analyzing deals well".

So, looking at the flips I take on, with anticipated profits in the $70k+ range, the setup costs alone are eating nearly 20% of your potential profits, and that is before any real splits with your investors, leaving both your investors and you with not a lot of money left to spread around.A fund could work, but typically, for the economics of a syndication/fund structure to work, you are looking at several million of equity, leveraged up to high single millions, if not into $10+ million range for their to be enough money to make it worth everyone's efforts.

Since this was my first experience, the process took longer than anticipated.

Mainly, because structural issues can be a complete black hole of money, time, effort--and it can be very difficult (and costly) to anticipate just how much money, time, and effort they'll consume.First, you'll need to figure out what's causing the structural issues--it could be settlement at the footers caused by ground water, it could be wood rot or termites in a beam, it could be masonry degradation caused by water coming off the roof, it could be improper drainage of the roof, it could be tree roots degrading the foundation, it could be a plumber who cut out a critical joist to install a line 20 years ago, it could be improper construction, it could be any or all of those things, and it could be any number of other potential causes.

Hello,  if I purchase a rental property in Miami this year and close under my name, and then transfer the title to a LLC the same year, do I need to anticipate TWO times the property tax hike for next year?   

I had a great series of interactions with a local financial planner but several months into our relationship he admitted he was just too busy to get to me for at least another 6 months.

However, I also did a lot of reading and interacting with others to accelerate my learning and avoid a lot of the common mistakes.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.