You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

With financial advisors or planners, they have to be certified to help people invest and make investment decisions as far IRAs, Roth IRAs, brokerage accounts.

A little confused on the timeline of events.

And, can you please point to an instance of a guru hacking crap or events on BiggerPockets content in 2024? 

The sequence of events don't add up.

I suspect that you might have been told that (about not walling-off the door between up and down) because if they don't have a way out from downstairs, in the event of a fire, they have to be able to get out. 

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

You can meet local investors by registering to attend real estate events in your area: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings6.

Talk to your CPA / Financial planner about this option as it does carry risk!