The accredited investor status question should be addressed by the investment sponsor, regardless of the comments you read here.

I am also the founder and owner of Accredited Life, a lifestyle community, brand, and experience for accredited investors, soon-to-be accredited investors and their families.

I am guessing you guys are non-accredited investors.

I am familiar with being licensed thru nmls but never heard of any other type of certification  means nothing.. its just a private company non accredited.. 

Consider reaching out to private lenders, accredited investors, or real estate crowdfunding platforms.

As @Chris Seveney mentioned in the other thread, the qualifier for accreditation is based on 1981 prices

Another option is to look into some funds as well that allow smaller investments. some are anywhere from 500-$10,000 minimums and accept non accredited investors (through regulation a+).If you ran numbers of a loan paying p&i at 10% but ot being able to reinvest the principal payments you realize how low your returns actually are. so yes notes are great but also understand that idle money for any investment is not fun.

I haven't researched the accredited investor side yet but probably will look at it.

I'm also an accredited investor and I love my syndication investments.

Don’t have the time to do property management right now however as I have a full time W2 (accredited investor) and a family to raise.