I know a lot of folks say it's better to just find a vacant complex, but I'd be doing it with my wife/2 kids so looking for some unique MF with larger 3-BR setups, which tend to be occupied. 

I got out at the right time from that complex.   

Navigating these deductions can be complex, but it's worth it for the tax benefits!

Geraci & Doss Docs make the complex seem easy.  

Call local apartment complexes and ask them how many units they have and how many are available in their complexes. 

Single family is really easy, multifamily is a little more complex my best suggestion is rural land at least 0.5 acres and up for easiest rezoning. 

Put out signs and lockboxes for realtors.Cold call for a realtor or investor.Create a handyman or property preservation business.Become a notary, so you can close real estate transactions.Go to work for a courthouse data service, so you're looking at and recording the posted data for them.Work for an apartment complex leasing apartments or doing maintenance.Work for a property manager doing make ready.Do anything and everything in construction.Become a home inspector willing to work weekends.Work as a sales rep or helper for a builder.Probably all these positions could use someone that wants to work nights and weekends.   

@George Munoz if you are wholesaling or flipping homes, you should definitely join Collective Genius (CG).CG is solid, message me for a contact person if you are interested.I buy large apartment buildings and when I was a member of CG, there was a small group who played in the multi, storage and syndication space so it wasn't a fit for me long term.Last deal I bought was a 1,000 unit apartment complex.

This is what I am looking for, however i am concerned about the complexity of this, and whether or not my first property should be done on my own, for the experience.

Other than adding costs, complexity and wasting time what’s the purpose of transferring to the LLC?