I started my career with the renovations team renovating the houses we buy, and with the property management company working with our residents and our maintenance teams.

But as someone who’s been in the trenches of real estate investing for almost 30 years, I continue to see some flaws.Some of the flaws I have witnessed are when tech-driven companies seem to lack backing from experienced underwriters or seasoned real estate professionals.

Insurance companies and car dealerships and plenty of other consumer businesses close by.

MF properties are viewed as businesses, thus often priced as a multiple of annual income potential (like any other business, whether you're selling a donut shop or a tech company).

Meaning that if you fund a $5K EMD and then decide not to close you lose the EMD, or you pay for an inspection up front and risk missing out on the deal while you're waiting for the report.

Same goes for number of LLCs and what to fund them with, since bear in mind that CA tends to be more cumbersome and expensive to have LLCs than other states.California is generally more cumbersome than other states when it comes to taxes and filings.

With where you are at currently, I would recommend a regular tax prep agent from a company like H&R block.

However, they are merging with another company next month which does NOT have MLS-only memberships.

Also, how much time do you want to spend doing real estate vs. your main job or extra work in order to fund it.

If your considering organizing a capital raise perhaps you should focus on large companies that advertise on the websites to be doing a capital raise with a debt offering.