Speaking purely on what kind of real estate vehicle I'm most interested in doing; my dream scenario is to buy apartment complexes and own the property management company that runs them. 

Being an owner occupant puts you at an advantage over a pure investor.  

Tricky or not I feel like its the fastest way into a property because I wont have 20 percent down for quite sometime.Something else to consider is that a pure FHA loan may have some requirements on the condition of the property.

Marc, typically this is just pure networking and getting recommendations locally. 

I certainly will not be offering asking price.I'm interested in this for two reasons;First and foremost if I can get a lower offer accepted, I can make this profitable (I have a few commercial property management teams in mind.)secondly, from a purely academic standpoint, this will be my first commercial building that I get to practice how to valuate commercial real estate, learning new things (such as the issues that come up with a gas station), and connecting with new people in commercial real estate!

I don't know what the cost would be, or how many you would need in each apartment, so it may be untenable purely from a cost perspective.

We just pivoted last year from single family flips to purely syndicating across the Southeast.

It may be the most common professional background I meet (among non-pure play real estate folks).

If you think pure mathematically, the amount of tenants out there who are going to stay 5+ years and move during "normal" months is always going to be drastically lower than the folks who move ever 1-2 years and all months of the year. 

The last one is, of course, pure bunk and should be ignored, unless they relate to items 1 or 2.LLCs (limited liability companies) are governed by laws at the state level.