So I trade risk related to out-of-state investment, with risk to hold huge leverage in over-bloated market in tenet friendly state, but I am losing opportunity to build a skill-set of out-of-state investing which will help me to scale faster and be flexible in the future.If we buy cheaper house but further from the city, we will spend a lot more time in the commute(3 days in the office mandate), in this case we will trade time(commute) for money(affordability) it makes it not an investment, but another work.

There aren't many 5+ unit properties trading in those areas, and the 2-4 market doesn't really trade on a cap rate basis, because it's very owner occupied heavy.

Sometimes they would bargain with their tenants on rent by trading services. 

There's been talk of how these will intersect and it's already happening in some spaces and I'm not talking about Metaverse Real Estate (Although I think some of that will make some people VERY wealthy).I'm talking about real physical real estate providing access to crypto investing and returns, and here's the crazy part...It has the potential to offer all the great things real estate does like depreciation, hedge against inflation and cash flow, all while exposing you to the high reward of Bitcoin's upside and decentralized nature. 

My estimates say if I were to bring in the sub-trades myself I can get this project completed at about 80k.

Sorry you had this happen....But there are a few takeaway lessons here.First - Never use a GC that advertises as any other trade.

Back in the day, these criminals had to learn the tricks of the trade from other criminals. 

And "decent" multifamily properties are trading at cap rates below prevailing interest rates in most areas (not a normal phenomenon) and thereby are reducing the overall return of the deal. 

In 5 years its a whole new area, and if you get in early its better than bitcoin.  

Trade off is a higher rate though, so your cash flow would decrease.