It also begs the question, just how sophisticated and knowledgeable those deploying (or trying to) are.  

It is funny in TK sfr's everyone buys on pro forma.. but try to sell a multi family to a sophisticated investor they would never take these pro forma's for anywhere close to actuals.. they would want to see history.. and there is no history on a freshly rehabbed TK so know one really knows how they will do... other than blue sky..

I wrote a rather long post, no ide where it is but it's here, about the subject.You can certainly advertise for a "lender" might get lucky and some bank loan officer might call ;)Don't even refer to money folks as "investors" never imply a yield they will receive or profit in any ad, much less in writing.If someone were really serious about wanting money folks, if they can't approach the matter with a little sophistication, they should ask someone to help them.

You are really asking all the right questions, and your background gives you a lot of financial sophistication, so you are probably not likely to make a big mistake.As for the coming correction, we all know it's coming, but nobody knows when.  

But that does mean being a sophisticated investor & doing everything you can prior to offer acceptance to ensure you close the deal.  

@Brent Mattison pretty sure this is not the forum to discuss Estate Planning but here is a glimpse of what you could possible do.Disclosure: I am NOT an Attorney, CPA, Accountant, Estate Planner or any other related Professional and Individuals should AWLAYS seek out the advise of licensed professionals in the related areas of expertise prior to embarking upon any endeavor.It all starts with your S-Corp and from there you can put together 401ks for each member of the Family (Company Members), HSA Plans and put everyone (see age restriction below) on payroll. 

Payroll, bookkeeping, etc can mostly be done remotely.Here is a great list of questions to ask a potential accountant:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/70447-questions-to-ask-a-cpaAlso check out the www.NAEA.org page in your search.

While the skill of analyzing the numbers is prerogative of very few, and very sophisticated investors.  

Experienced and financially sophisticated business owners are very different from accidental landlords.2.

"Oh, @Wayne Igo  transferred this to his LLC to be sophisticated.