@Jason Wray, The reason that our shop is pretty hot about your post is two-fold, we do all of the things that you are implying that we don't (other than government loans, we don't work in that space). 

Hotels are the baby of real estate investing and running a business.Unlike any other commercial asset class, hotels are extremely labor-intensive to run but can spit off ridiculous cash flow.

Having developed a majority of my career in CA the regulations and red tape for construction and development are intense. 

Those types of properties can bring in good returns, but the management can be intensive, and finding reliable tenants for both residential and commercial spaces might take some work.

Mission KS is a hot area in the metro, not surprised it sold fast

For example in a hot area of Houston I have a 30 unit. 20 of them are in a courtyard and 10 face the street.

Don't forget to change all your faucet aerators and shower heads to low flow it makes a huge difference as well as far as water usage and saving HOT water. 

If you have the time to devote to it, direct to seller methods can be very effective, but will take ultra-patience and intensive work. 

Then rent some exotic cars, a yacht, a mansion and some hot women so you can sell this formula online like Tom does.

House hacking is generally not as capital intensive so you can continue to make money in stocks/index funds.