Our biggest challenge is that we are not over 55+ and we would prefer to invest our money in the villages itself.

By utilizing one provider for both services, both can be aligned, customized to your portfolio’s needs which should achieve a better outcome overall.Real estate investing can be very complex and navigating taxes, compliance and insurance can be overwhelming and complex, deterring some people from expanding their portfolio or from investing at all.

Anyway, you mention you've "developed a strong foundation in market analysis, design, and project management", which are all important in the development space.My question, what areas do you feel you are lacking and are either trying to develop those skills yourself, or you'd prefer to bring someone onto your "team" that would provide that expertise? 

Some prefer to rent.

If you're looking to make short term use of the equity and have a private lender/investor who's willing to think outside of the box, you might be able to create a custom repo agreement. 

If you ask me, I would much rather prefer investing in my local markets or at least somewhere I can drive to.

I do prefer EDEN, they are about 2 weeks Done.

@Dave Harlan They have an amazing product but your better off using a mortgage broker with a great reputation for customer service because they offer wholesale pricing advantages to their brokers and the only complaints I've ever heard about them have come from service issues on the retail side.

If you have plenty of money then it probably wouldn’t matter how much the property costs, but for a $1MM+ property I’d personally want at least a 6-7% annual return through cash flow (15% or better preferred) and a pretty good idea that it’s going to appreciate solidly.

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience or that lost anything more than a small amount of money (and prefer no money lost).